Cobedding twins and higher-order multiples in a hospital setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1359-1366

  Tomashek, Kay Marie ^a,b   Wallman, Carol ^c,d   Stark, Ann R ^h   Adamkin, David H ^h   Batton, Daniel Gene ^h   Bell, Edward F ^h   Denson, Susan Ellen ^h   Engle, William Allan ^h   Martin, Gilbert Ira ^h   Couto, Jim ^h   Bhutani, Vinod K ^e   Raju, Tonse N K ^f   Hankins, Gary ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c National Association of Neonatal Nurses   (United States)

^d Association of Women's Health   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; VITAL SIGN; WEIGHT GAIN;

BEDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849045718     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3096     Document Type: Note

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