Intensive care management of the term neonate: Are there regional differences in outcome?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 587-592

  Touch, Suzanne M ^a,b,c   Greenspan, Jay S ^a,b,c   Kornhauser, Michael S ^a,b,c,d   Spitzer, Alan R ^e  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Paidos Health Management Services Inc   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036799910     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280204100805     Document Type: Article

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