The role of neonatal networks

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Thakkar, Marta ^a   O'Shea, Michael ^b  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi site research; Neonatology; Observational studies; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; RETINOL;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEONATOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RETINA SURGERY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33644525941     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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