Early weaning from incubator and early discharge of preterm infants: Randomized clinical trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zecca, Enrico ^a   Corsello, Mirta ^a   Priolo, Francesca ^a   Tiberi, Eloisa ^a   Barone, Giovanni ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discharge; Incubator; Length of stay; Open crib; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFANT; LACTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956291407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3005     Document Type: Article

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