Inguinal hernia in preterm infants (≤32-week gestation)

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 147-152

  Kumar, Vasantha H S ^a   Clive, Jonathan ^b   Rosenkrantz, Ted S ^a   Bourque, Michael D ^a   Hussain, Naveed ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Incidence; Inguinal hernia; Nutrition; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036523515     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100631     Document Type: Article

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