At the limits of viability: Dutch referral policy for premature birth too reserved;Op de grens van levensvatbaarheid: Nederlands verwijsbeleid bij vroeggeboorte te terughoudend

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 383-388

  Gerrits Kuiper, J A ^a   De Heus, R ^b   Brouwers, H A A ^b   Visser, G H A ^b   Den Ouden, A L ^c   Kollee L A A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Sectie Geneesmiddelenbewaking   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POLICY; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 39549091480     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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