Do infants less than 12 months of age with an apparent life-threatening event need transport to a pediatric critical care center?

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Some emergency medical services (EMS) systems transport infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) directly to hospitals capable of pediatric critical care (PCC) monitoring.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Prehosp Emerg Care

Title: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

ISSN (Electronic): 1545-0066

ISSN (Print): 1090-3127

Publication date (Electronic): June 6 2013

Volume: 17

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance , CA 90509, USA. akaji@emedharbor.edu

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DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.773111

PubMed ID: 23734987

SO-VID: eb0d1d01-f99a-43f0-a339-3ce64648ddb9

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