Perinatal characteristics and parents' perspective of health status of NICU graduates born at term

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 368-376

  Schiariti, V ^a   Klassen, A F ^b   Hoube J S ^a   Synnes, A ^a   Lisonkova, S ^a   Lee, S K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatology; Outcomes; Term birth

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049120009     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.9     Document Type: Article

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