Changes in the Delivery Room Care of the Extremely Small Infant (<750 G)

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 660-664

  Hack, Maureen ^a   Fanaroff, Avroy A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR ROOM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0022589445     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198603063141036     Document Type: Article

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