Referral pattern of neonates with severe respiratory failure for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Tiruvoipati, R ^a   Pandya, H ^a   Manktelow, B ^b   Smith, J ^c   Dodkins, I ^d   Elbourne, D ^e   Field, D ^f  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ENGLAND; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 41449097004     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113167     Document Type: Article

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