Parental resuscitation techniques after apparent life threatening events in infancy
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Apparent life-threatening events in infancy.
A previously healthy 5-weekold boy who was born at term is brought to the emergency department. His mother reports that she had placed him on his side with a support pillow after breast-feeding him before she went to take a shower. Upon returning to check on him, she found him in prone position, with his nose and mouth in the mattress, “struggling” to breathe; his face was red. The mother thoug...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.3.289b