Variations of Apgar score of very low birth weight infants in different neonatal intensive care units

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1433-1436

  Rüdiger, Mario ^a   Küster, Helmut ^b   Herting, Egbert ^c   Berger, Angelika ^d   Müller, Christoph ^e   Urlesberger, Berndt ^f   Simma, Burkhard ^g   Poets, Christian F ^h   Wauer, Roland R ⁱ   Tschirch, Edda ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

^g Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Apgar score; Infant; Premature; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSCLE TONE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 68549101801     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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