Increased survival and deteriorating developmental outcome in 23 to 25 week old gestation infants, 1990-4 compared with 1984-9

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Emsley, H C A ^a   Wardle, S P ^b   Sims, D G ^b   Chiswick, M L ^b   D'Souza, S W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; CRIB scores; Extremely preterm infants; Neurodevelopmental disability; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031943477     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.78.2.F99     Document Type: Article

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