Intensive care for extreme prematurity - Moving beyond gestational age

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1672-1681

  Tyson, Jon E ^a   Parikh, Nehal A ^a   Langer, John ^b   Green, Charles ^a   Higgins, Rosemary D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 42249092533     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa073059     Document Type: Article

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