Intersite differences in weight growth velocity of extremely premature infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 6 I, 2002, Pages 1125-1132

  Olsen, Irene E ^a,b,g   Richardson, Douglas K ^a,e   Schmid, Christopher H ^c,f   Ausman, Lynne M ^b,c,d   Dwyer, Johanna T ^b,c,e,f  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Growth; Nutrition protein; Premature infants; SNAP; Steroids; Transfer bias

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RACE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; NEW ENGLAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036897602     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.6.1125     Document Type: Article

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