Comparison of singleton and multiple-birth outcomes of infants born at or before 32 weeks of gestation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-371

  Qiu, Xiangming ^a   Lee, Shoo K ^a   Tan, Kenneth ^a   Piedboeuf, Bruno ^a   Canning, Rody ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGENATION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CANADA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CANADA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40749120339     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318162688f     Document Type: Article

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