Impact of changing oxygenation policies on retinopathy of prematurity in a neonatal unit in Argentina

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1456-1461

  Urrets Zavalia, Julio A ^a   Crim, Nicolas ^a   Knoll, Erna G ^a,b   Esposito, Fernando A ^a   Collino, Elizabeth ^b   Urrets Zavalia, Maria E ^a   Saenz de Tejada, Graciela ^b   Torrealday, Juan Ignacio ^a   Serra, Horacio M ^c   Gilbert, Clare ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Materno Neonatal Ramon Carrillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

ARGENTINA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84869883587     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301394     Document Type: Article

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