title: [Inter-hospital transfer of patients in intensive care treatment. A systematic review].
abstract: An obvious trend of concentrating treatment options on specialized centres may take effect later in an increased need for inter-hospital transfer. Patients initially referred to secondary or tertiary hospitals require a safe and systematically organised transport in order to ensure a continuation of initiated actions in intensive care. This review will focus of appropriate preparations, equipment and transport modalities, possible sources of shortcomings as well as solutions of conflicts during inter-hospital transfers.
authors.affiliation: Anästhesiologie am Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin. Er ist Arztlicher Leiter des Notarztstandorts Eckernförde. graesner@anaesthesie.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: Jan-Thorsten
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gräsner
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dörges
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bein
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*