Outcomes of very-low-birthweight infants at 3 years of age born in 2003-2004 in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1058

  Kono, Yumi ^a   Mishina, Jun ^b   Yonemoto, Naohiro ^c   Kusuda, Satoshi ^d   Fujimura, Masanori ^e  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sanchikai Medical Corporation   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Research Institute for Maternal and Child Heath   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; neonatal intensive care unit; neurodevelopment; outcome; very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; STEROID;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84255189908     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03480.x     Document Type: Article

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