Risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth - Weight infants

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 662-668

  Lin, Hui Ju ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^c   Tsai, Shih Wei ^c   Lin, Horg Chin ^c   Su, Bai Horng ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Retinopathy of prematurity; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DELIVERY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEGRO; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0346505303     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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