A Higher Incidence of Intermittent Hypoxemic Episodes Is Associated with Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Di Fiore, Juliann M ^a   Bloom, Jeffrey N ^a   Orge, Faruk ^a   Schutt, Alison ^a   Schluchter, Mark ^b   Cheruvu, Vinay K ^b   Walsh, Michele ^a   Finer, Neil ^c   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANOXIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER THERAPY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OHIO; OXYGEN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953238681     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.046     Document Type: Article

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