Earlier discharge of very low birthweight infants from an under-resourced African hospital: A randomised trial

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Mokhachane, Mantoa ^a,b   Saloojee, Haroon ^a   Cooper, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICA;

EID: 33644545732     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X90600     Document Type: Article

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