Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Clinical practices in five Portuguese neonatal intensive care units

With the advent of surfactant, prenatal corticosteroids (PNC) and advances in technology, the survival rate of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants has improved dramatically. Rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) vary widely among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and many studies using...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guimarães,H (author)
Other Authors: Rocha,G (author), Vasconcellos,G (author), Proença,E (author), Carreira,ML (author), Sossai,MR (author), Morais,B (author), Martins,I (author), Rodrigues,T (author), Severo,M (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
neonatal intensive care
preterm infants
better practices
mechanical ventilation
oxygen therapy
prenatal corticosteroids
sepsis
patent ductus arteriosus
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-21592010000200006
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S0873-21592010000200006

Internet

http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-21592010000200006

Similar Items