Decision-making for postpartum discharge of 4300 mothers and their healthy infants: The life around newborn discharge study

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bernstein, Henry H ^a   Spino, Cathie ^b   Finch, Stacia ^c   Wasserman, Richard ^c,d   Slora, Eric ^c   Lalama, Christina ^a,d   Touloukian, Carol Litten ^e   Lilienfeld, Harris ^e   McCormick, Marie C ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b American Academy of Pediatrics ^*

^c Vermont College of Medicine   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Delaware Valley Retina   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Newborn readiness; Postpartum discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547680308     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3389     Document Type: Article

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