Air versus ground transportation of artificially ventilated neonates: Comparative differences in selected cardiopulmonary parameters

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a   Olsen, Holly ^b   Totapally, Balagangadhar ^b   Leung, Ting Fan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2; Medical transport; Neonate; Transport complications or interventions

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AMBULANCES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33644845570     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000199557.11605.c6     Document Type: Article

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