Is neonatal intensive care justified in all preterm infants?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 744-750

  Yu, Victor Y H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 26244447846     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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