The validity of the variable "nICU admission" as an outcome measure for neonatal morbidity: A retrospective study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 603-609

  Wiegerinck, Melanie M J ^a,b   Danhof, Nora A ^a   Van Kaam, Anton H ^c   Tamminga, Pieter ^c   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

birth setting; neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatal morbidity; outcome measure; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BIRTH SETTING; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEONATAL MORBIDITY; OUTCOME MEASURE; VALIDATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901673799     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12384     Document Type: Article

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