Survival after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Babies of Very Low Birth Weight

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 91-95

  Lantos, John D ^a   Miles, Steven H ^a   Silverstein, Marc D ^a   Stocking, Carol B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023870688     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198801143180206     Document Type: Article

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