Diagnosis and treatment of the hypotensive very low birth weight infant during postnatal transition

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 657-659

  Raab, E ^a,b   Seri, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NEONATOLOGY; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINATOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 33750446681     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211564     Document Type: Editorial

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