The role of expressed breastmilk and continuous positive airway pressure as predictors of survival in extremely low birthweight infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Boo, Nem Yun ^a   Puah, Chung Hua ^a   Lye, Munn Sann ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPTICEMIA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033951103     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.1.15     Document Type: Article

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