How should we report neonatal outcomes?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 332-336

  Lyon, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National neonatal data project; Neonatal outcome; Neurodevelopmental assessment; Routine data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL CARE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34548538737     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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