Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome as a function of gestational age and an assay for surfactant-to-albumin ratio

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 463-468

  McElrath, Thomas F ^a   Colon, Iris ^a   Hecht, Jonathan ^a   Tanasijevic, Milenko J ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; ALBUMINOID;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; LABOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; FETUS MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALBUMINS; ALGORITHMS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1842510699     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000113622.82144.73     Document Type: Article

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