A common problem for neonatal intensive care units: Late preterm infants, a prospective study with term controls in a large perinatal center

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 459-462

  Celik, Istemi Han ^a   Demirel, Gamze ^b   Canpolat, Fuat Emre ^c   Dilmen, Ugur ^d  

^a Mersin Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Samsun Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Late preterm infants; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL CARE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYPNEA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874029569     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.735994     Document Type: Article

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