Neonatal mortality from respiratory distress syndrome: Lessons for low-resource countries

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1139-1146

  Kamath, Beena D ^a   MacGuire, Emily R ^b   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b   Goldenberg, Robert L ^c   Jobe, Alan H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Neonatal mortality; Prematurity; Technology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG USE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79957915732     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3212     Document Type: Review

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