Barriers to screening infants for retinopathy of prematurity after discharge or transfer from a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Attar, Mohammad A ^a,b   Gates, Molly R ^a   Iatrow, Ann M ^a   Lang, Sylvia W ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13444273602     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211203     Document Type: Article

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