Actuarial survival of a large Canadian cohort of preterm infants

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jones, Huw P ^a,b   Karuri, Stella ^b   Cronin, Catherine M G ^c   Ohlsson, Arne ^d,n   Abraham, Peliowski ^e,o   Synnes, Anne ^f,p   Lee, Shoo K ^b,e   Andrews, Wayne ^g   Baboolal, Ranjit ^h   Boulton, Jill ⁱ   Brabyn, David ^j   Lee, D S C ⁱ   Mathew, Direct ^k   Mcmillan, Douglas D ^l   Newman, Christine ^m   Pendray, Margaret ^p   Sankaran, Koravangattu ^q   Schmidt, Barbara ^r   Seshia, Mary ^s   Thiessen, Paul ^p   Walker, Robin ^t   Whyte, Robin ^u   Cronin, M G ^v   more..

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Canadian Neonatal Network Coordinating Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^h NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^j ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l Foothill's Hospital   (Canada)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁿ MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^s HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^t CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^u IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^v WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27944479660     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-40     Document Type: Article

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