The pattern of intravenous drug administration during the transfer of critically ill children by a specialist transport team

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1063-1067

  Saha, Agni S ^a   Langridge, Paul ^b   Playfor, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Interhospital transfer; Pediatric critical care; Pediatrics; Retrieval; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; AMINOPHYLLINE; ARGININE; ATRACURIUM; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; GELATIN SUCCINATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; PANCURONIUM; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM PHENYLBUTYRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG INFUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33748757639     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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