Comparative outcome study between triplet and singleton preterm newborns

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1208-1211

  Maayan Metzger, A ^a   Naor, N ^b   Sirota, L ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Outcome; Preterm; Triplet

Indexed keywords

STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD PH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STEROID THERAPY; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0036429736     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352502320777441     Document Type: Article

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