Stable microbubble test and click test to predict respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants not requiring ventilation at birth

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-514

  Fiori, Humberto H ^a   Varela, Ivana ^b   Justo, Alexandre L ^c   Fiori, Renato M ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Hospital da Crianca Conceicão   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infant, newborn; Infant, premature; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CLICK TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE MICROBUBBLE TEST; STOMACH SECRETION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COHORT STUDIES; GASTRIC JUICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MICROBUBBLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347594156     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2003.077     Document Type: Article

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