Early discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit and rates of readmission

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Seki, Kazuo ^a   Iwasaki, Shiho ^b   An, Hiromi ^a   Horiguchi, Haruko ^a   Mori, Masaaki ^a   Nishimaki, Shigeru ^b   Yokota, Shumpei ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

discharge; infant care; low birth weight infant; preterm infant

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951973518     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03179.x     Document Type: Article

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