Ensuring accurate knowledge of prematurity outcomes for prenatal counseling

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Blanco, Fermin ^a,c   Suresh, Gautham ^b   Howard, Diantha ^a   Soll, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Decision making; Educational intervention; Outcome; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 23244440387     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1417     Document Type: Article

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