Safe long-distance interhospital ground transfer of critically ill patients with acute severe unstable respiratory and circulatory failure

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1122-1125

  Uusaro, Ari ^a   Parviainen, Ilkka ^a   Takala, Jukka ^b   Ruokonen, Esko ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Respiratory failure; Transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SHOCK; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0036372964     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1348-9     Document Type: Article

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