Trends in cause-specific mortality at a Canadian outborn NICU

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Simpson, Charles David Andrew ^a   Ye, Xiang Y ^b   Hellmann, Jonathan ^c   Tomlinson, Chris ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death trends; Diseases mortality; Hospital mortality trends; ICU; Infant; Infant mortality trends; Neonatal trends; Premature; Withholding treatment trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78649676683     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1167     Document Type: Article

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