Premature infants born after preterm premature rupture of membranes with 24-34 weeks of gestation: A study of factors influencing length of neonatal intensive care unit stay

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 960-965

  Ye, Guangyong ^a   Jiang, Zhou ^a   Lu, Shiming ^a   Le, Yuanluo ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

length of stay; NICU; premature infants; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CHINA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958065026     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.572204     Document Type: Article

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