Excessive exposure of sick neonates to sound during transport
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Excessive exposure of sick neonates to sound during transport.
OBJECTIVE To determine the levels of sound to which infants are exposed during routine transport by ambulance, aircraft, and helicopter. DESIGN Sound levels during 38 consecutive journeys from a regional level III neonatal intensive care unit were recorded using a calibrated data logging sound meter (Quest 2900). The meter was set to record "A" weighted slow response integrated sound levels, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.6.f513