Why are NICU infants at risk for chronic otitis media with effusion?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-144

  Engel, J ^a,b   Mahler, E ^c   Anteunis, L ^a   Marres, E ^a   Zielhuis, G ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic otitis media with effusion; Infancy; NICU children; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EFFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TUBE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035145622     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(00)00462-6     Document Type: Article

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