Discharge timing, outpatient follow-up, and home care of late-preterm and early-term infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Hwang, Sunah S ^a,b,c   Barfield, Wanda D ^d   Smith, Ruben A ^d   Morrow, Brian ^d   Shapiro Mendoza, Carrie K ^d   Prince, Cheryl B ^d   Smith, Vincent C ^a,c,e   McCormick, Marie C ^c,e,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b South Shore Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Discharge; Early term infant; Late preterm infant; Maternal smoking; Outpatient follow up; SIDS

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BREASTFEEDING; DISCHARGE; EARLY-TERM INFANT; LATE-PRETERM INFANT; MATERNAL SMOKING; OUTPATIENT FOLLOW-UP; SIDS;

AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879905218     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3892     Document Type: Article

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