Comparison of short-term outcomes of late preterm singletons and multiple births: An institutional experience

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 922-925

  Vachharajani, Akshaya J ^a   Vachharajani, Neeta A ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Late preterm; Length of stay; Multiple births; Respiratory morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 70350520498     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809336359     Document Type: Article

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