A comparison of wisconsin neonatal intensive care units with national data on outcomes and practices

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 320-326

  Hagen, Erika W ^a,b   Sadek Badawi, Mona ^a   Albanese, Aggie ^a   Palta, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 56049117240     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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