Not just a lot of hot air for the babies - The air versus oxygen debate needs to be seriously considered

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-37

  Fowlie, Peter W ^a   Bancalari, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SURFACTANT;

AIR; ASPHYXIA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 11844294727     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080951     Document Type: Note

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