Approach to infants born at 22 to 24 weeks' gestation: Relationship to outcomes of more-mature infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Smith, P Brian ^a   Ambalavanan, Namasivayam ^b   Li, Lei ^c   Cotten, C Michael ^a   Laughon, Matthew ^d   Walsh, Michele C ^e   Das, Abhik ^c   Bell, Edward F ^f   Carlo, Waldemar A ^b   Stoll, Barbara J ^g,h   Shankaran, Seetha ⁱ   Laptook, Abbot R ^j   Higgins, Rosemary D ^k   Goldberg, Ronald N ^a   Jobe, Alan H ^l   Caplan, Michael S ^m  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Low birth weight infant; NICUs; Patient outcome assessment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEPSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861915307     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2216     Document Type: Article

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