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ArticleIndian pediatrics2025

Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness of Neonatal Air Transport in India: A Case Series.

Nalinikanta Panigrahy, Vijayanand Jamalpuri, V B Pratyush Modumudi, Nitasha Bagga, Dinesh Kumar Chirla

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Article in Indian pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Nalinikanta PanigrahyNeonatology Department, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India. nalini199@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4316-0517
Vijayanand JamalpuriNeonatology Department, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India.
V B Pratyush ModumudiNeonatology Department, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India.ORCID 0009-0000-6457-8758
Nitasha BaggaNeonatology Department, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India.
Dinesh Kumar ChirlaNeonatology Department, Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fifteen sick neonates were transported to higher-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) using specially equipped aircraft with trained medical teams. The median (Q1, Q3) one-way distance traveled (km) was 710 (689, 1224.5), and the median (Q1, Q3) transit time and airborne time were 6 (5.5, 7) and 1.25 (1.22, 2.15) hours, respectively. Thirteen neonates needed mechanical ventilation and five needed inotrope support during transit. The median (Q1, Q3) NICU stay was 20 (13.5, 35) days. Twelve neonates (80%) were discharged, two (13.3%) left against medical advice, and one died. Air ambulance is a feasible, effective, and safe mode of transportation of critically ill neonates in India.

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Air AmbulancesTransportation of PatientsFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansIndiaInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMaleAir ambulanceELBWFixed-wing aircraftHFOVInfant

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PMID40768032

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