Birth before 39 weeks' gestation is associated with worse outcomes in neonates with heart disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Costello, John M ^a   Polito, Angelo ^a,b   Brown, David W ^a   McElrath, Thomas F ^c   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a   Bacha, Emile A ^a   Allan, Catherine K ^a   Cohen, Jennifer N ^a   Laussen, Peter C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Heart defects congenital; Intensive care; Pregnancy; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955501767     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3640     Document Type: Article

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