Two-year outcome of normal-birth-weight infants admitted to a Singapore neonatal intensive care unit

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-205

  Lian, Wee Bin ^a   Yeo, C L ^b   Ho, L Y ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Characteristics; Follow up; Intervention; Outcome; Predictors of mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0036515883     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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