Improving the Timing of Antibiotic Administration to High-Risk Newborns

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-233

  Weiner, Gary M ^a   Barks, John D E ^a   Wright, Eileen J ^a   Faix, Roger G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b F5790 Mott/0254 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFUSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032059419     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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