Management of 168 neonates weighing more than 2000 g receiving intrapartum chemoprophylaxis for chorioamnionitis: Evaluation of an early discharge strategy

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-163

  Singhal, Kamal K ^a,b   La Gamma, Edmund F ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030050451     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170270040005     Document Type: Article

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