Vitamin A supplementation to prevent mortality and short- and long-term morbidity in very low birth weight infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Darlow, Brian A ^a   Graham, P J ^a   Rojas Reyes, Maria Ximena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 84983294318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000501.pub4     Document Type: Review

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