A prospective study of ventilated neonates in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka compared to retrospective data from the same unit

Sri Lanka Journalof Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-19

  Lucas, M N ^a   Weerasekera, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Prospective study; Sri Lanka; Ventilated neonate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877704460     PISSN: 13915452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v42i1.5289     Document Type: Article

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