An assessment of the severity, proportionality and risk of mortality of very low birth weight infants with fetal growth restriction. A multicenter South American analysis

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-204

  Grandi, Carlos ^a,i,t   Tapia, José L ^b   Marshall, Guillermo ^b,c   Musante, Gabriel ^d   Kurlat, Isabel ^e   Mariani, Gonzalo ^f   Roldán, Liliana ^g   Agost, Daniel ^h   Decaro, Marcelo ^j   Estay, Alberto ^k   Ramírez, Rodrigo ^l   Bancalari, Aldo ^m   Standen, Jane ⁿ   Gonzalez, Agustina ^o   Alegria, Angélica ^p   Lacarruba, José M ^q   Zegarra, Jaime ^r   Panizza, Rubén ^s  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c School of Medicine   (Chile)

^d Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^h Hospital Luis Lagomaggiore   (Argentina)

ⁱ Maternidade Ramón Sardá   (Argentina)

^j Sanatorio de la Trinidad   (Argentina)

^k Rheumatology Service   (Chile)

^l HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^m Hospital Regional de Concepcion Dr Guillermo Grant Benavente   (Chile)

ⁿ Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke   (Chile)

^o HOSPITAL SAN JOSÉ   (Chile)

^p HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^q HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Paraguay)

^r Hospital Cayetano Heredia   (Peru)

^s Hospital Pereyra Rossel   (Uruguay)

^t NONE   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

Multicenter networks; Small for gestational age; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28344438796     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1335     Document Type: Article

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