Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in Victoria over Two Decades: I. Effectiveness

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 505-509

  Doyle, Lex W ^a,b   Bowman, Ellen ^b   Callanan, Catherine ^b   Carse, Elizabeth ^c   Casalaz, Dan ^d   Charlton, Margaret P ^c   Davis, Noni ^b   Ford, Geoffrey ^b   Fraser, Simon ^d   Halliday, Jane ^e   Hayes, Marie ^c   Kelly, Elaine ^d   Rickards, Anne ^b   Stewart, Michael ^f   Watkins, Andrew ^d   Woods, Heather ^d   Yu, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^e Perinatal Data Collection Unit   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Disability; Extremely low birth weight; Impairment; Infant; Quality adjusted survival; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 10744227055     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.3.505     Document Type: Article

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