The limit of viability: A single regional unit's experience

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Zayek, Michael M ^a   Trimm, Riley F ^b   Hamm, Charles R ^a   Peevy, Keith J ^a   Benjamin, John T ^a   Eyal, Fabien G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF VIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79651476488     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.285     Document Type: Article

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