Judgment often impossible without randomized trials

Neonatology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-138

  Giaccone, Annie ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MILRINONE;

CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG INDICATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MILRINONE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 3 INHIBITORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84862264181     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339112     Document Type: Note

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