Population based trends in mortality, morbidity and treatment for very preterm- and very low birth weight infants over 12 years

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rüegger, Christoph ^a,b   Hegglin, Markus ^a   Adams, Mark ^a   Bucher, Hans U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84858861577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-17     Document Type: Article

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