Prostacyclin concentrations and transitional circulation in preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Kluckow, Martin ^a   Evans, Nick ^b   Leslie, Garth ^a   Rowe, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ductal diameter; Intraventricular haemorrhage; Patent ductus arteriosus; Prostacyclin; Ventricular output

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; PROSTACYCLIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033038893     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.1.F34     Document Type: Article

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