Intra-hospital transport of newborn infants dataset.

ABSTRACT: This article presents a dataset on intra-hospital transport of newborn infants. We collected prospectively data from patients hospitalized between 1.6.2015 and 31.5.2017 at the tertiary care neonatal unit of the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland. An intra-hospital transport was defined as a transport for a diagnostic or a therapeutic intervention outside the neonatal unit, but within the hospital. Healthcare professionals present during the transport collected data in a case report form. We obtained additional data from electronic medical charts and through the clinical information system Metavision®. We recorded information on patients' demographics and clinical characteristics, transports (indication, date, duration, destination, number and type of staff involved, medical devi

SUBMITTER: Delacretaz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature