Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , March 2005

Pediatric Drowning: Current Management Strategies for Immediate Care

  • Noel S. Zuckerbraun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Noel S. Zuckerbraun, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
    • ,
  • Richard A. Saladino, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.12.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , March 2005

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