Workload and short-term outcome of babies weighing 2,500 grams or more at birth admitted to the paediatric unit of the Rotunda Hospital

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Rohininath, T ^a   O'Connell, L A ^a   Sheehan, K ^a   Corcoran, D ^a   Matthews, T G ^a   Clarke, Tom A ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Audit; Neonatal intensive care unit; Normal birth weight infants; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; WORKLOAD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 20044388983     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050400029640     Document Type: Article

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