Critical care of the severely injured child.
It is the responsibility of the surgeon committed to care of these critically injured patients to understand the nature of injuries being treated, and to orchestrate this treatment in a manner that maximizes recovery, avoids unnecessary morbidity, and assures the injured child the best quality of life humanly possible.
Scherer
L R
LR
Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA. lscherer@iupui.edu
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D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D009569:Nitric Oxide