What Brings Newborns to the Emergency Department?: A 1-Year Study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Calado, Cludia Silva ^a   Pereira, Andreia Gomes ^a   Santos, Vera Neves ^a   Castro, Maria José ^a   Maio, José Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE FARO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hospital; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTUGAL; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PORTUGAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650327221     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31819e361d     Document Type: Article

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