Low Apgar score and mortality in extremely preterm neonates born in the United States

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1785-1789

  Lee, Henry Chong ^a   Subeh, Mohammad ^b   Gould, Jeffrey B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Neonatal mortality; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349300158     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01935.x     Document Type: Article

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