title: Long distance neonatal transport--the need of the hour.
abstract: This study compares the inter hospital long distance transports undertaken by a qualified transport team versus those done by other means. This was a retrospective descriptive comparative study of the neonatal transports done during a period of 33 months from various maternity and pediatric centers to a pediatric tertiary referral centre. We found that biochemical and temperature disturbances are more common in babies transported on their own and a specialized neonatal transport service could improve the survival of these babies. Survival was 96.2% (154/160) and 89% (114/128) in the two groups, respectively (P=0.03).
authors.affiliation: Rainbow Children Hospital and Perinatal Centre, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. drpreethamp@gmail.com
authors.forename: Poddutoor Preetham
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chirla Dinesh
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkatlakshmi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010360:Patient Transfer; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors