Trends in morbidity and mortality among very-low-birth-weight infants from 2003 to 2008 in Japan

Pediatric Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 531-538

  Kusuda, Satoshi ^a   Fujimura, Masanori ^b   Uchiyama, Atsushi ^a   Totsu, Satsuki ^a   Matsunami, Katsura ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870515921     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.114     Document Type: Article

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