Morbidity and mortality amongst infants of diabetic mothers admitted into a special care baby unit in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Opara, Peace I ^a   Jaja, Tamunopriye ^a   Onubogu, Uche C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NIGERIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79957445358     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-36-77     Document Type: Article

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