Comparison of interhospital pediatric intensive care transport accompanied by a referring specialist or a specialist retrieval team

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-308

  Vos, Gijs D ^a   Nissen, Annemieke C ^b   Nieman, Fred H M ^a   Meurs, Mieke M B ^c   Van Waardenburg, Dick A ^a   Ramsay, Graham ^a   Donckerwolcke, Raymond A M G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Equipment and materials; Interhospital intensive care transport; Interventions; Retrieval team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 1342268325     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2066-7     Document Type: Article

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