Trends in mortality and morbidity for very low birth weight infants, 1991-1999

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 143-151

  Horbar, Jeffrey D ^a   Badger, Gary J ^b   Carpenter, Joseph H ^c   Fanaroff, Avroy A ^d   Kilpatrick, Sarah ^e   Lacorte, Meena ^f   Phibbs, Roderic ^g   Soll, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VERMONT OXFORD NETWORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Morbidity; Mortality; Neonate; Network; Pneumothorax; Surfactant; Trends; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036303094     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.1.143     Document Type: Article

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