Morbidity and mortality in late preterm and early term newborns: A continuum

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-516

  Engle, William A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early term; Elective delivery; Late preterm; Late term; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes; Unplanned delivery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH RATE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS MATURITY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; LIVE BIRTH; MENINGITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTMATURITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TACHYPNEA;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052292109     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.06.009     Document Type: Review

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