Predictors of mortality in very low birth weight neonates in India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 556-560

  Basu, Sriparna ^a   Rathore, P ^a   Bhatia, B D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Newborn; Very low birth weight neonates

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749097923     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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