Risk factors of mortality in meconium aspiration syndrome: Review of 314 cases

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-34

  Lin, Hung Chih ^a   Su, Bai Horng ^a   Lin, Tsung Wen ^a   Peng, Ching Tien ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Mortality; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BLOOD PH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORDS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 2942703889     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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