Guidelines for the management of extremely premature deliveries: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-350

  Guillén, Úrsula ^a   Weiss, Elliott M ^b   Munson, David ^b   Maton, Pierre ^c   Jefferies, Ann ^d   Norman, Mikael ^e   Naulaers, Gunnar ^f   Mendes, Joana ^g   Da Silva, Lincoln Justo ^h   Zoban, Petr ⁱ   Hansen, Thor W R ^j,k   Hallman, Mikko ^l   Delivoria Papadopoulos, Maria ^m   Hosono, Shigeharu ⁿ   Albersheim, Susan G ^o   Williams, Constance ^p   Boyle, Elaine ^q   Lui, Kei ^r   Darlow, Brian ^s   Kirpalani, Haresh ^b  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CHC St Vincent   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^h Lisbon Medical School   (Portugal)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^l OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

ⁿ NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SPAIN; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; DELIVERY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84938857474     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0542     Document Type: Review

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