Multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial of therapy with intravenous immunoglobulin in decreasing mortality due to neonatal sepsis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1113-1118

  Shenoi, Arvind ^c   Nagesh, N Karthik ^d   Maiya, P P ^a   Bhat, Swarna Rekha ^b   Rao, S D Subba ^b  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; Newborn; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032710032     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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