Can delivery room management impact the length of hospital stay in premature infants?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Aly, H ^a,b   Massaro, A N ^a,b   El Mohandes, A A E ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWO TAILED TEST; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 33749368043     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211575     Document Type: Article

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