Project 27/28: Inquiry into quality of neonatal care and its effect on the survival of infants who were born at 27 and 28 weeks in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1457-1465

  Acolet, Dominique ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^b   McIntosh, Neil ^a   Weindling, Michael ^a   Korkodilos, Marilena ^a   Haviland, Jo ^a   Modder, Jo ^a   Macintosh, Mary ^a  

^a Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neonatology

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33644671201     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2691     Document Type: Article

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