Late preterm births: Major cause of prematurity and adverse outcomes of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 704-705

  Bhutani, Vinod K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEFECATION HABIT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMATURITY; LIVER METABOLISM; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BRUISING; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREMATURE BIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869157624     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0149-7     Document Type: Editorial

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