Is nCPAP of value in extreme preterms with no access to neonatal intensive care?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-152

  Pieper, C H ^a   Smith, J ^a   Maree, D ^a   Pohl, F C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WARD;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038787611     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.3.148     Document Type: Article

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