Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , March 2005

Life-Threatening Chest Injuries in Children

  • Raymond D. Pitetti, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Raymond D. Pitetti, MD, MPH, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
    • ,
  • Sonya Walker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

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PII: S1522-8401(05)00035-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2005.01.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , March 2005

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