Measurement of the urinary lactate:creatinine ratio for the early identification of newborn infants at risk for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-335

  Huang, Chao Ching ^a   Wang, Shan Tair ^a   Chang, Ying Chao ^b   Lin, Kung Ping ^c   Wu, Pei Lin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Chang Gung Children's H ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE LEVEL;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CREATININE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033615037     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199907293410504     Document Type: Article

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