Air transport of the sick newborn infant: Audit from a sparsely populated county in Norway

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-71

  Holt, J ^a   Fagerli, I ^a  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air transport; Audit; Equipment problems; Hypothermia; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOPTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR AMBULANCES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0032986350     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950170637     Document Type: Article

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