Neonatal mortality and morbidity rates in late preterm births compared with births at term

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACHYPNEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 37549027612     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000297311.33046.73     Document Type: Article

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