Risk factors for delayed discharge home in very-low-birthweight infants - A population-based study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1674-1679

  Klinger, Gil ^a,c   Reichman, Brian ^c   Sirota, Lea ^a,c   Lusky, Ayala ^b   Linder, Nehama ^a,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delayed discharge; Neonatal intensive care unit; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28744448152     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510046722     Document Type: Article

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