Neonatal nosocomial infection: Profile and risk factors

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-302

  Pawa, Anil Kumar ^a   Ramji, S ^a,b   Prakash, K ^a   Thirupuram, S ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial infection; Preterm

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; YOUTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031113151     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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