A cluster of necrotizing enterocolitis in term infants undergoing open heart surgery

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-132

  Fatica, Cynthia ^a   Gordon, Steven ^a   Mossad, Emad ^a   McHugh, Michael ^a   Mee, Roger ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0034101976     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.100438     Document Type: Article

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