The benefit of preterm birth at tertiary care centers is related to gestational age

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 617-622

  Lee, Shoo K ^a,b   McMillan, Douglas D ^c,l   Ohlsson, Arne ^d,i,n   Boulton, Jill ^e,h,i   Lee, David S C ^e,h   Ting, Sherwin ^a,b   Liston, Robert ^a   Andrews, Wayne ^f   Baboolal, Ranjit ^g   Brabyn, David ^j   Matthew, Derek ^k   Newman, Christine ^m   Peliowski, Abraham ^o   Pendray, Margaret ^p   Sankaran, Koravangattu ^q   Schmidt, Barbara ^r   Seshia, Mary ^s   Synnes, Anne ^p,t   Thiessen, Paul ^p   Walker, Robin ^u   Whyte, Robin ^v   Chien, Li Yin ^w   Sale, Joanna ^w   Chan, Herbert ^w   Stewart, Shawn ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ctr Hlthcare Innov/Improvement   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^g NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l Foothill's Hospital   (Canada)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁿ WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^s HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^t MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^v IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^w Can Neonatal Netwk Coord Centre   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Outborn status; Outcomes; Preterm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037342594     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.139     Document Type: Article

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