Low superior vena cava flow on day 1 and adverse outcome in the very low birthweight infant

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Miletin, J ^a   Dempsey, E M ^b  

^a Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; URINE VOLUME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 51449119028     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.129304     Document Type: Article

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