Early Hospital Discharge of Preterm Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-32

  Cruz, Hernan ^a   Guzman, Ney ^a   Rosales, Medardo ^a   Bastidas, Jaime ^a   Garcia, Jorge ^a   Hurtado, Isla ^b   Rojas, Maria E ^b   Hodgman, Joan E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Hospital Universario del Valle   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; LATIN AMERICA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; COLOMBIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030637783     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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