A national study of risk factors associated with mortality in very low birthweight infants in the Malaysian neonatal intensive care units

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-25

  Boo, Nem Yun ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysian neonatal intensive care units; risk factors; very low birthweight infants

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LUNG SURFACTANT; OXYGEN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINESE; ENTEROCOLITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 8044260283     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb00985.x     Document Type: Article

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