The neonatal intensive care unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies: The first few years' experience

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Trotman, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33746555511     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000200002     Document Type: Article

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