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ReviewIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2020

The Transport Medicine Society Consensus Guidelines for the Transport of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients.

Manish Munjal, Syed Moied Ahmed, Rakesh Garg, Samaresh Das, Nilay Chatterjee, Kundan Mittal, Yash Javeri, Subhash Saxena, Sudhir Khunteta

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Review in Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Manish MunjalDepartment of Critical Care, Transport Medicine Society, India.
Syed Moied AhmedDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rakesh GargDepartment of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr Brairch, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Samaresh DasDepartment of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, National Health Service, UK.
Nilay ChatterjeeDepartment of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, National Health Service, UK.
Kundan MittalDepartment of Paeditrics, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Yash JaveriDepartment of Critical Care, Regency Super Speciality Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Subhash SaxenaDepartment of Critical Care, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Sudhir KhuntetaDepartment of Critical Care, Transport Medicine Society, India.
Aligarh Muslim University · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · INJawaharlal Nehru Medical College · INNational Health Service · GBPandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences · INRajasthan Police Academy · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been declared as a pandemic. COVID-19 patients may require transport for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes intra- or interhospital or transport from an outside hospital to a healthcare facility. Transport of critically ill or infectious patients is always challenging and involves the integration of various tasks and manpower. The adverse events have been attributed to various factors such as a multidisciplinary team and lack of appropriate communication among team members, absence of equipment, or failure during transport, apart from physiological alteration inherent to the disease of the patient. The transport of COVID-19 patients carries an additional risk of not only the disease itself but also due to the risk of its transmission to the transport team. The human-to-human transmission of the virus can occur via respiratory droplets. So, the person involved in the transport of such patients shall be at risk and warrants appropriate steps for their safety. Appropriate planning by a well-trained transport team is an essence for the safe transport of the suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients. The Transport Medicine Society guidelines present consensus guidelines for the safe transport of COVID-19 patients. DISCLAIMER: These consensus guidelines are applicable for the safe transport of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 adult patients. These recommendations should be used in conjunction with medical management guidelines and advisories related to COVID-19. These recommendations should be adapted to the local policies prevalent at the workplace and also per agreement among the hospitals for transport (agreement between referring and receiving facilities). With the emergence of new scientific evidence, these guidelines may require modification. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Munjal M, Ahmed SM, Garg R, Das S, Chatterjee N, Mittal K,

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CoronavirusCOVID-19Critically illSARS-CoV-2TransferTransport

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