Indomethacin prophylaxis for intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight babies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-558

  Nair, P Arun Kumar ^a   Pai, Mangalore Govind ^a   Gazal, Hesham Abdel Rahim ^a   Da Costa, David Eustace ^a   Al Khusaiby, Saleh Mohammed ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Very low birth weight babies

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARABS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042513985     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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