Lower mortality but higher neonatal morbidity over a decade in very preterm infants

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  De Kleine, Martin J K ^a   Den Ouden, A Lya ^b,c   Kollée, Louis A A ^d   Ilsen, Adri ^e   Van Wassenaer, Aleid G ^e   Brand, Ronald ^f   Verloove Vanhorick, S Pauline ^b,f  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Caesarean section; Intraventricular haemorrhage; Neonatal morbidity; Neonatal mortality; Time trends; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846206040     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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