Neonatal morbidity and mortality of late-preterm babies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Kalyoncu, Özlem ^a   Aygün, Canan ^b   Çetinoǧlu, Erhan ^c   Küçüködük, Sükrü ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Slovenia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Slovenia)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Late preterm; Readmission; Rehospitalization; Respiratory distress; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77953643252     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903229622     Document Type: Article

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