Author/Editor     Lazar, Inka
Title     Dihalna stiska pri otroku
Translated title     Respiratory distress in children
Type     članek
Source     In: Bručan A, Gričar M, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 3. Zbornik 4. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 1997 jun 18-21; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year     1997
Volume     str. 91-7
Language     slo
Abstract     The most common cause of cardiopulmonary arrest in children is respiratory failure. Half of children who need cardiopulmonary resuscitation are infants under one year of age. In the article the author describes the most important anatomical and physiological characteristics of respiratory system in small children. These put a small child with respiratory disease at high risk for respiratory arrest.
Descriptors     RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
CHILD
APNEA
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION