Impact of timing of birth and resident duty-hour restrictions on outcomes for small preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-231

  Bell, Edward F ^a   Hansen, Nellie I ^b   Morriss Jr , Frank H ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^c   Ambalavanan, Namasivayam ^d   Gould, Jeffrey B ^e   Laptook, Abbot R ^f   Walsh, Michele C ^g   Carlo, Waldemar A ^d   Shankaran, Seetha ^h   Das, Abhik ^b   Higgins, Rosemary D ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^h WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Morbidity; Neonatal; Preterm infants; Resident education training; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WORK SCHEDULE;

HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW YORK; PARTURITION; REGISTRIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955505178     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0456     Document Type: Article

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