Babies born at the threshold of viability: Changes in survival and workload over 20 years

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seaton, Sarah E ^a   King, Sophie ^a   Manktelow, Bradley N ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Field, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONSULTATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; ENGLAND; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871592703     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fetalneonatal-2011-301572     Document Type: Article

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