Viability, morbidity, and resource use among newborns of 501- to 800-g birth weight

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1645-1651

  Tyson, Jon E ^a   Younes, Naji ^b   Verter, Joel ^b   Wright, Linda L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029829832     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.20.1645     Document Type: Article

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