Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and epinephrine infusion in extremely low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 691-695

  Campbell, Morag E ^a   Byrne, Paul J ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INOTROPISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 8644235019     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211174     Document Type: Article

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