Safe discharge of the late preterm infant

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 655-660

  Whyte, Robin K ^e   Hilliard, Robert I ^a   Jefferies, Ann L ^b   Peliowski Davidovich, Abraham ^c   Sorokan, S Todd ^d   Whyte, Hilary E A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d IWK Health Centre ^*

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discharge; Hyperbilirubinemia; Hypoglycemia; Late preterm

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; KERNICTERUS; LATE PRETERM INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; NEWBORN APNEA; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 80053985091     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.10.655     Document Type: Review

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