The probability of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome as a function of gestational age and lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 473-480

  St Clair, Caryn ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^a   Woensdregt, Karlijn ^a   Cackovic, Michael ^a   Shaw, Julia A ^a   Malkus, Herbert ^a   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^a   Illuzzi, Jessica L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal lung maturity; Lecithin sphingomyelin ratio; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LECITHIN SPHINGOMYELIN RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SMOKING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LECITHINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 55449090793     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085066     Document Type: Article

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