Is there a strategy for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 818-820

  Aly, Hany ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NITRIC OXIDE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURFACTANT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY ROOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147173888     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3026     Document Type: Note

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