The in utero passage of meconium by very low birth weight infants: A marker for adverse outcomes

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Henry, J A ^a,b   Baker, R W ^a   Yanowitz, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade III IV intraventricular hemorrhages; Meconium; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; IRON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; AMNION FLUID; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MECONIUM; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33646088741     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211435     Document Type: Article

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