Accounting for Multiple Births in Neonatal and Perinatal Trials: Systematic Review and Case Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Hibbs, Anna Maria ^a   Black, Dennis ^b   Palermo, Lisa ^b   Cnaan, Avital ^c   Luan, Xianqun ^d   Truog, William E ^e   Walsh, Michele C ^a   Ballard, Roberta A ^f  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Quality Data Services Inc   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWINS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; NITRIC OXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74649084226     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.08.049     Document Type: Article

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