Outcomes of 28+1 to 32+0 weeks gestation babies in the State of Qatar: Finding facility-based cost effective options for improving the survival of preterm neonates in low income countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2526-2542

  Parappil, Hussain ^a,b   Rahman, Sajjad ^a,b   Salama, Husam ^a,b   Rifai, Hilal Al ^a,b   Parambil, Najeeb Kesavath ^a,b   Ansari, Walid El ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; Gestational age; Morbidity; Mortality; Qatar

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; QATAR; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77954785213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7062526     Document Type: Article

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