Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , March 2010

When There Are No Inpatient Beds: Providing Pediatric Critical Care for Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

  • Toni Petrillo-Albarano, MD, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Wendalyn K. Little, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Wendalyn K. Little, MD, MPH, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1645 Tullie Circle, Atlanta, GA 30329.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.002

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , March 2010

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