Clinical assessment of extremely premature infants in the delivery room is a poor predictor of survival

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Manley, Brett J ^a   Dawson, Jennifer A ^a,b,d   Kamlin, C Omar F ^a,b,d   Donath, Susan M ^c,d   Morley, Colin J ^a   Davis, Peter G ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infant; Premature; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIDEORECORDING;

DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77649119522     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1307     Document Type: Article

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