Transport of seriously ill children: A neglected global issue

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1414-1416

  Duke, Trevor ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT; ERROR; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FATALITY; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSE OXIMETRY; RED CROSS; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0141677622     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1890-0     Document Type: Editorial

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