Morbidity and mortality patterns of admissions into the special care baby unit of university of abuja teaching hospital, Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-394

  Okechukwu, A A ^a   Achonwa, A ^a  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Admissions; Morbidity; Mortality; Pattern; Special care baby unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JAUNDICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; JAUNDICE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 72849146471     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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