Role of antibiotics in management of non-ventilated cases of meconium aspiration syndrome without risk factors for infection

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-55

  Lin, Hung Chih ^a   Su, Bai Horng ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^b   Lin, Tsung Wen ^a   Yeh, Tsu Fuh ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Meconium aspiration syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN BREATHING; PERINATAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TACHYPNEA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11844256389     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081086     Document Type: Article

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