Episodes of apnea, desaturation and bradycardia and the development of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: A case-control study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-55

  Bensouda, Brahim ^a   Tarazi, Samar El ^a   Ali, Nabeel ^a   Mandel, Romain ^a   Sant'Anna, Guilherme M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intermittent hypoxia; Mesenteric hypoperfusion

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CAFFEINE CITRATE; GENTAMICIN;

APNEA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST MILK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870310029     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.725435     Document Type: Article

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