Five-year survival without major disability of extremely preterm infants born at 22-27 weeks' gestation admitted to a NICU

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1618-1623

  Zlatohlavkova B ^a   Kytnarova J ^a   Kubena A A ^a,b   Fleischnerova A ^a   Dokoupilova M ^a   Plavka, R ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Disability; Extremely preterm infants; Outcome; Survival; Viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78649756864     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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