Improving survival of vulnerable infants increases neonatal intensive care unit nosocomial infection rate

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1098-1104

  Zafar, N ^a   Wallace, C M ^a   Kieffer, P ^a   Schroeder, P ^a   Schootman, M ^a   Hamvas, A ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR ACCESS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0034804343     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.10.1098     Document Type: Article

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