Neonatal head and torso vibration exposure during inter-hospital transfer
- Submitting institution
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Nottingham Trent University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 58 - 700163
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/0954411916680235
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
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- First page
- 99
- Volume
- 231
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0954-4119
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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A - Imaging, Materials and Engineering Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- 9.7% of preterm babies that are transported between hospitals suffer a potentially fatal brain-bleed (intraventricular haemorrhage, IVH; Shipley et al. 2019). This research demonstrated the feasibility of measuring noise and vibration within neonatal incubators and the incidence of high shocks occurring within the incubator that could be associated with IVH. It has led to a larger 30-month study (NIHR i4i £1.1m) to build a vibration-isolating infant transport incubator involving the University of Nottingham, the University hospital, a company that make infant incubators (Evac+Chair International) and Nottingham Trent University.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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