Global paediatric advanced life support: Improving child survival in limited-resource settings

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9862, 2013, Pages 256-265

  Ralston, Mark E ^a,b   Day, Louise T ^c   Slusher, Tina M ^d   Musa, Ndidiamaka L ^e   Doss, Helen S ^f  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f SIL Clinic Ukarumpa   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PROPRANOLOL; ZINC;

BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVAL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84872584644     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61191-X     Document Type: Review

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