Comparison of mortality risk: A score for very low birthweight infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Maier, R F ^a   Rey, M ^a   Metze, B C ^a   Obladen, M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality risk; Scoring system; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030813856     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.76.3.F146     Document Type: Review

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