Stabilisation of critically ill children at the district general hospital prior to intensive care retrieval: A snapshot of current practice

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 681-685

  Lampariello, S ^a   Clement, M ^b   Aralihond, A P ^b   Lutman, D ^b   Montgomery, M A ^b   Petros, A J ^b   Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; OSMOTIC AGENT;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR ACCESS; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77955760309     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.151266     Document Type: Article

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