The low birthweight, term infant and the need for admission to special care nurseries

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1019-1024

  Parry, Michael ^a   Davies, Mark W ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

hypoglycaemia; hypothermia; infant; low birthweight; patient admission; special care nursery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CANNULA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN; NURSERY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIAL CARE NURSERY; TERM BIRTH; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

HYPOGLYCAEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTHWEIGHT; PATIENT ADMISSION; SPECIAL CARE NURSERY;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84890556117     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12304     Document Type: Article

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