Is phototherapy a risk factor for ileus in high-risk neonates?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-131

  Raghavan, Kadalraja ^a   Thomas, Emily ^a   Patole, Sanjay ^b,c   Muller, Reinhold ^b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KEM Hospital for Women   (Australia)

Author keywords

High risk; Ileus; Neonates; Phototherapy; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; BILE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ILEUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 27344443683     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500233076     Document Type: Article

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