Mortality and morbidities among very premature infants admitted after hours in an Australian neonatal intensive care unit network

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1632-1639

  Abdel Latif, Mohamed E ^a,b   Bajuk, Barbara ^c   Oei, Julee ^a,b   Lui, Kei ^a,b,d  

^a Royal Hospital for Women   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Units Data Collection   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Office hours; Outcome; Perinatal services; Premature infant; Staffing

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MANPOWER; NEWBORN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646825166     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1421     Document Type: Review

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