Helicopter transport of sick neonates: A 14-year population-based study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 999-1003

  Berge, S D ^a   Berg Utby, C ^a   Skogvoll, E ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Helicopter transport; Neonatal; Neonate; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPHYXIA; CIRCULATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRST AID; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR AMBULANCES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 23044452160     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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