Variation in diagnosis of apnea in moderately preterm infants predicts length of stay

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Eichenwald, Eric C ^a   Zupancic, John A F ^b   Mao, Wen Yang ^b   Richardson, Douglas K ^b   McCormick, Marie C ^c   Escobar, Gabriel J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Discharge; Length of stay; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN APNEA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

APNEA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650794566     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0495     Document Type: Article

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