Early Discharge Among Late Preterm and Term Newborns and Risk of Neonatal Morbidity

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-68

  Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Shapiro Mendoza, Carrie K ^a   Weiss, Judith ^b   Kotelchuck, Milton ^b   Barfield, Wanda ^c   Evans, Stephen ^b   Naninni, Angela ^c,d   Declercq, Eugene ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early discharge; hospital readmission; jaundice; late preterm; neonatal morbidity

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL INFECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33646819974     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.02.003     Document Type: Review

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