Outcome of neonates ventilated in the main intensive care unit at The University Hospital of the West Indies: A 15-year experience

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-250

  Trotman, H ^a   Barton, M ^a   Mitchell, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREMATURITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST INDIES;

EID: 38449111272     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507782332964     Document Type: Article

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