Extremely long hospitalizations of newborns in the United States: Data, descriptions, dilemmas

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 742-748

  Catlin, A ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751369510     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211617     Document Type: Article

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