Pre-admission consultation and late referral in infants with neonatal cholestasis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Lee, Way Seah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Late referral; Neonatal cholestasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSULTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849005405     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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