Clinical Significance of Helicopter Transportation for Patients With Acute Illness Admitted to Medical Intensive Care Unit
Shohei Kawakami, Akihiro Shirakabe, Masato Matsushita, Shota Shigihara, Kenichi Tani, Tomofumi Sawatani, Masaki Morooka, Masahito Takahashi, Riku Toguchi, Yuto Yata, Keiichiro Otsubo, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Hara, Shoji Yokobori, Kuniya Asai · 2026
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Shohei Kawakami and co-authors study helicopter transport to intensive care in this 2026 paper. Helicopters move the sickest patients fast, but who benefits most is debated. The team compared patients flown to one hospital's medical ICU with those arriving by other means. Records span a decade of flights and admissions.
Of more than eleven thousand flown patients, 459 entered the medical ICU. That group was younger and more often had heart and circulation problems other than heart failure. They also needed breathing tubes and heart pumps more often. One-year survival was better in the flown group, even after other factors were weighed. Choosing the right patients for flight seems to matter.
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| CREATOR | Shohei Kawakami, Akihiro Shirakabe, Masato Matsushita, Shota Shigihara, Kenichi Tani, Tomofumi Sawatani, Masaki Morooka, Masahito Takahashi, Riku Toguchi, Yuto Yata, Keiichiro Otsubo, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Hara, Shoji Yokobori, Kuniya Asai |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |