Reduced oxygen protocol decreases the incidence of threshold retinopathy of prematurity in infants of <33 weeks gestation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 804-806

  Tokuhiro, Yumiko ^a   Yoshida, Tomoko ^a   Nakabayashi, Yoshinobu ^a   Nakauchi, Shohei ^a   Nakagawa, Yumi ^a   Kihara, Minako ^a   Mitsufuji, Nobuto ^a   Kizaki, Zenro ^a  

^a KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxygen; Oxygen saturation; Premature infant; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73349136782     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02856.x     Document Type: Article

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