Use of oxygen in the resuscitation of preterm infants: Current opinion and practice in Australia and New Zealand

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 31-35

  Clark, Rowena L ^a   Lui, Kei ^a   Oei, Ju Lee ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air; Neonate; Oxygen; Premature infant; Resuscitation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN BREATHING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649110438     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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