Neonatal assisted ventilation: Predictors, frequency, and duration in a mature managed care organization

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 822-830

  Wilson, Alexandra ^a,b   Gardner, Marla N ^a   Armstrong, Mary A ^a   Folck, Bruce F ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted ventilation; Neonatal intensive care; Prematurity; Resource consumption; Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034053061     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.4.822     Document Type: Article

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