title: Resuscitating the pediatric patient.
abstract: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric patient population is a rare and often terminal event. This article addresses the anticipatory approach to the sick child with a focus on recognizing illness before resuscitation becomes necessary. An appreciation of the unique developmental, anatomic, and physiologic differences in children in terms of their relation to the assessment of illness is emphasized. Definitive interventions for the child who progresses to extremis also are described.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Trauma Center, Childrens National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods