Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)-related posterior rib fractures in neonates and infants following recommended changes in CPR techniques

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1267-1274

  Franke, I ^a   Pingen, A ^a   Schiffmann, H ^b   Vogel, M ^c   Vlajnic, D ^a   Ganschow, R ^a   Born, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

"two thumbs" technique; Abusive head trauma; Chest radiographs; Child abuse; CPR in infants; Posterior rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; POSTERIOR RIB FRACTURE; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TWO THUMBS CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 84904410898     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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