Prolonged hospital stay for extremely premature infants: Risk factors, center differences, and the impact of mortality on selecting a best-performing center

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 650-655

  Cotten, C Michael ^a   Oh, William ^b   McDonald, Scott ^c   Carlo, Waldemar ^d,n   Fanaroff, Avroy A ^e   Duara, Shahnaz ^f   Stoll, Barbara ^g   Laptook, Abbot ^b,s   Poole, Kenneth ^c   Wright, Linda L ^h   Goldberg, Ronald N ^a   Hensman, A Angelita ⁱ   Newman, Nancy ^e   Hale, Ellen ^j   Stark, Ann R ^k   Fournier, Kerri ^k   Lemons, James A ^l   Appel, DeeDee ^l   Stevenson, David K ^m   Ball, Bethany ^m   Collins, Monica ⁿ   Donovan, Edward F ^o   Mersmann, Marcia ^o   Bauer, Charles R ^p   Mur Worth, Amy ^p   Papile, Lu Ann ^q   Backstrom, Conra ^q   Korones, Sheldon B ^r   Hudson, Tina ^r   Madison, Susie ^s   Tyson, Jon E ^t   McDavid, Georgia ^t   Shankaran, Seetha ^u   Muran, Gerry ^u   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^v   Gettner, Pat ^v   McClure, Beth ^h   Jobe, Alan H ^w   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^u WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w Yale University ^*

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTREMELY PREMATURE INFANT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144482725     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211369     Document Type: Article

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