Trends in outcomes for very preterm infants in the southern region of Sweden over a 10-year period

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 648-653

  Lundqvist, Pia ^a,c   Källén, Karin ^b   Hallström, Inger ^a   Westas, Lena Hellström ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUND   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Morbidity; Mortality; Preterm; Sepsis; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SWEDEN;

EID: 61849111857     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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