Use of high frequency ventilation as a rescue measure in premature babies with severe respiratory failure

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 522-526

  Aggarwal, Rajiv ^a   Downe, Lynette ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TIME;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034188462     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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