Outcomes of preterm infants 29 weeks gestation over 10-year period in Canada: A cause for concern

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-138

  Shah, P S ^a   Sankaran, K ^b   Aziz, K ^c   Allen, A C ^d   Seshia, M ^e   Ohlsson, A ^a   Lee, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchopulmonary dysplasia; infant; intraventricular hemorrhage; mortality; premature; retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856616299     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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