Hypocalcemia is common in the first 48 h of life in ELBW infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-353

  Altirkawi, Khalid ^a   Rozycki, Henry J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cohort study; Hypocalcemia; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 46749149635     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.051     Document Type: Article

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