Management of children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 in Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 815-819

  Tassie, Benjamin ^a,b   Isaacs, David ^a,b,c   Kilham, Henry ^a,b,c   Kerridge, Ian ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethics; general paediatrics; intensive care; neurology; respiratory

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOSE FEEDING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TERMINAL CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84886098472     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12291     Document Type: Article

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