Nasal CPAP or intubation at birth for very preterm infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 700-708

  Morley, Colin J ^a,b,c   Davis, Peter G ^a,b   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b   Brion, Luc P ^e   Hascoet, Jean Michel ^f   Carlin, John B ^b,d  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 39049113036     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa072788     Document Type: Article

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