Does variation in interpretation of ultrasonograms account for the variation in incidence of germinal matrix/intraventricular haemorrhage between newborn intensive care units in New Zealand?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Harris, D L ^a,b   Teele, R L ^c   Bloomfield, F H ^a,d   Harding, J E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Newborn Intensive Care Unit   (New Zealand)

^c Starship Children's Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; GERMINAL MATRIX INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27644596996     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.065219     Document Type: Article

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