Is management of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome feasible in developing countries? Experience from Karachi (Pakistan)

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a   Yusuf, Kamran ^a   Khan, Iqtidar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cost of care; Developing country; Epidemiology; Mechanical ventilation; Neonatology; Outcome; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032909343     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199905)27:5<305::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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