Treatment differences between Aboriginal and white infants admitted to Canadian neonatal intensive care units

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 532-540

  Reime, Birgit ^a,b   Tu, Andrew W ^b   Lee, Shoo K ^a,c,d   Andrews, Wayne ^e   Baboolal, Ranjit ^f   Boulton, Jill ^g   Brabyn, David ^h   Lee, David S C ^g   Matthew, Derek ⁱ   McMillan, Douglas D ^j,k   Newman, Christine ^l   Ohlsson, Arne ^m,n   Peliowski, Abraham ^o   Pendray, Margaret ^p   Sankaran, Koravangattu ^q   Schmidt, Barbara ^r   Seshia, Mary ^s   Synnes, Anne ^p,t   Thiessen, Paul ^p   Walker, Robin ^u   Whyte, Robin ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Neonatal Network   (Canada)

^d Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement   (Canada)

^e New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^f NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^k FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^m MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁿ WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^s HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^t MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Antenatal steroids; Assisted ventilation; Blood transfusion; Ethnic groups; Incubator; Neonatal care; Neonatal surgery; Neonatal treatment; Surfactant; Transparental nutrition

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ABORIGINE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; INCUBATOR; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA;

ADULT; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INUITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35348991092     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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