Peritoneal drainage or laparotomy for neonatal bowel perforation?: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Rees, Clare M ^a   Eaton, Simon ^a   Kiely, Edward M ^a   Wade, Angie M ^b   McHugh, Kieran ^a   Pierro, Agostino ^a,c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949118945     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318176bf81     Document Type: Article

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