Chorioamnionitis as a Risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neonatology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-199

  Mitra, Souvik ^a,e   Aune, Dagfinn ^b,c   Speer, Christian P ^d   Saugstad, Ola Didrik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Meta analysis; Retinopathy of prematurity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CINAHL; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COCHRANE LIBRARY; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PUBLISHING; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84893156978     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357556     Document Type: Review

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