Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport

Partridge, Tom; Leslie, Andrew; Mistry, Aarti; Simpson, Rosalind B.; Morris, David E.; McNally, Donal; Crowe, John; Sharkey, Don

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2024-327758

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Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport (2025)
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Partridge, T., Leslie, A., Mistry, A., Simpson, R. B., Morris, D. E., McNally, D., Crowe, J., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327758

Objective To assess the utility of a bespoke smartphone app to map noise and vibration exposure across neonatal road ambulance journeys.

Design and setting Prospective observational study of ambulance journeys across a large UK neonatal transport... Read More about Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport.

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