Risk factors of mortality in septic newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 477-479

  Butsashvili, Maia ^a   Kourbatova, Ekaterina ^b   MacHarashvili, Nino ^c   Kamkamidze, George ^a   McNutt, Louise Anne ^d,e   Dehovitz, Jack ^f   Leonard, Michael K ^b  

^a Maternal and Child Care Union   (Georgia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AIDS   (Georgia)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 68149155526     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9360-9     Document Type: Letter

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