The impact of the establishment of a neonatal intensive care unit on the outcome of very low birthweight infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Trotman, Helen ^a   Barton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 30644465045     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000500005     Document Type: Article

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