Underimmunization at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 363-367

  Navar Boggan, A M ^a   Halsey, N A ^a   Escobar, G J ^b   Golden, W C ^c   Klein, N P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed immunization; immunization; neonatal intensive care unit; underimmunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNDERIMMUNIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84860354439     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.111     Document Type: Article

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