Epidemiology of neonatal acute respiratory disorders. A multicenter study on incidence and fatality rates of neonatal acute respiratory disorders according to gestational age, maternal age, pregnancy complications and type of delivery

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Rubaltelli, Firmino F ^a   Bonafè, Luisa ^b   Tangucci, Massimo ^c   Spagnolo, Amedeo ^c   Dani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Epidemiology; Newborn; Pregnancy; Prematurity; Respiratory disorders; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ITALY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ACUTE DISEASE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031746228     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014005     Document Type: Article

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