TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and rib fractures in infants: A postmortem radiologic-pathologic study
AU  - Spevak MR, Kleinman PK, Belanger PL, Primack C, Richmond JM
Y1  - 1994/08/24
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1994.03520080059044
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 617
EP  - 618
VL  - 272
IS  - 8
N2  - Objective. 
    —To determine the incidence of rib fractures visible at autopsy or with postmortem radiographs after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in infants younger than 1 year.Design. 
    —Retrospective review.Setting. 
    —Medical examiner's office in a county consisting of a medium-sized city, towns, and rural areas.Patients. 
    —Ninety-one infants (56 males, 35 females; mean age, 2.4 months; age range, 26 hours to 8.5 months) without evidence of child abuse who had undergone CPR before death.Methods. 
    —Medical records, skeletal surveys, and autopsy results were reviewed.Results. 
    —No patient had rib fractures.Conclusions. 
    —Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is unlikely to cause rib fractures in infants.(JAMA. 1994;272:617-618)
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520080059044
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1994.03520080059044
ER  -