Enhanced monitoring improves pediatric transport outcomes: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-48

  Stroud, Michael H ^a   Prodhan, Parthak ^a   Moss, Michele ^a   Fiser, Richard ^a   Schexnayder, Stephen ^a   Anand, Kanwaljeet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Golden hour; Head trauma; Pediatric transport; Resuscitation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART CONTRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OSCILLOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 78650785521     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1336     Document Type: Article

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