Proactive management promotes outcome in extremely preterm infants: A population-based comparison of two perinatal management strategies

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-64

  Håkansson, Stellan ^a   Farooqi, Aijaz ^a   Holmgren, Per Åke ^a   Serenius, Fredrik ^a   Högberg, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant; Management; Outcome; Perinatal; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OBSTETRICS; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 3042795882     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.114.1.58     Document Type: Article

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