A comparison of two methods of follow-up in a trial of prophylactic volume expansion in preterm babies

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-216

  Fooks, Jean ^a   Fritz, Susan ^d   Tin, Win ^d   Yudkin, Patricia ^b,c   Johnson, Ann ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^a   Hey, Edmund ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Princess Mary Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031823442     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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