Morbidity of parainfluenza 3 outbreak in preterm infants in a neonatal unit

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 837-842

  Teo, Wan Yee ^a   Rajadurai, Victor Samuel ^a   Sriram, Bhavani ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assisted ventilation; Chronic lung disease; Nosocomial respiratory infection; Viral

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 78650400914     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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