Patterns and outcomes of preterm hospital admissions during pregnancy in NSW, 2001-2008

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-265

  Badgery Parker, Tim ^a   Ford, Jane B ^b   Jenkins, Mary G ^b   Morris, Jonathan M ^c   Roberts, Christine L ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857880242     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10717     Document Type: Article

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