Mode of delivery and threshold retinopathy of prematurity in pre-term ELBW neonates

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-226

  Manzoni, P ^a,b   Farina, D ^a   Maestri, A ^a   Giovannozzi, C ^a   Leonessa, M L ^a   Arisio, R ^a   Gomirato, G ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera OIRM   (Italy)

^b CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Extremely low birth weight; Pre term infant; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factor; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; ITALY; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847205066     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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