Treatment of patent ductus arteriosus and neonatal mortality/morbidities: Adjustment for treatment selection bias

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mirea, Lucia ^a,b   Sankaran, Koravangattu ^c   Seshia, Mary ^d   Ohlsson, Arne ^b   Allen, Alexander C ^e   Aziz, Khalid ^f   Lee, Shoo K ^a,b   Shah, Prakesh S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

EID: 84866732305     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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