Hyperbilirubinemia benchmarking [10]

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 902-904

  Palmer, R Heather ^a   Ezhuthachan, Sudhakar ^b   Newman, Christine ^b   Maisels, M Jeffrey ^c   Testa, Marcia A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

BENCHMARKING; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544394804     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0611     Document Type: Letter

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