Mortality and major morbidity in premature infants less than 31 weeks gestational age in the decade after introduction of surfactant

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Genzel Boroviczény, Orsolya ^a   Macwilliams, Sabine ^a   Von Poblotzki, Martina ^a   Zoppelli, Luciano ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extremely premature infants; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; ARTICLE; GERMANY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

LUNG SURFACTANT;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645643679     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340500290947     Document Type: Review

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