Long-distance fixed-wing transport of obstetrical patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 816-818

  O'Brien, Daniel J ^a   Hooker, Edmond A ^a   Hignite, Jodie ^a   Maughan, Eric ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Female; Obstetrics; Patient transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRCRAFT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NAUSEA; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VOMITING;

EID: 4544241762     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000129932.00817.08     Document Type: Review

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