Neonatal correlates of adverse outcomes in very low-birthweight infants in the NICU Network

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 930-935

  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 HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; developmental delay; neonatal intensive care unit; very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; JAPAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84255190003     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03424.x     Document Type: Article

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