Neonatal outcome in the United Arab Emirates: The effect of changes in resources and practices

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 673-679

  Dawodu, Adekunle ^a   Varady E ^b   Nath, K N R ^c   Rajan, T V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEONATOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33646180345     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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