Medical and economic impact of a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1040-1044

  Halasa, Natasha B ^a   Williams, John V ^a   Wilson, Gregory J ^a   Walsh, William F ^a   Schaffner, William ^a   Wright, Peter F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonates; Outbreaks; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

APNEA; ASPIRATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 29444437151     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000190027.59795.ac     Document Type: Article

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