Survival rates in extremely low birthweight infants depend on the denominator: Avoiding potential for bias by specifying denominators

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329.e1-329.e7

  Guillen, Úrsula ^a   DeMauro, Sara ^a   Ma, Li ^c   Zupancic, John ^d   Wang, Eileen ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^e   Kirpalani, Haresh ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Hebei Provincial children's hospital   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremely low birthweight infant; Extremely premature survival outcome; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84855181847     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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