Audit of referral documents accompanying admissions to neonatology unit in children's hospital

Pakistan Paediatric Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Butt, Tayyaba Khawar ^a,c   Ali, Liaqat ^b   Anwar, Zahid ^b   Farooqui, Rehan ^b   Khan, M Aman Ullah ^b  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Referral audit HIE neonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; TREND STUDY;

EID: 77953427182     PISSN: 03044904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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