Early Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Therapy Improves Predictive Power for the Outcomes of Ventilated Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
4166000	The Journal of Pediatrics	2011	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Information gained early in the neonatal intensive care unit improves prediction of mortality or neurodevelopmental impairment in ventilated ELBW infants beyond information available in the delivery room.

Keywords

PDI PPV IVH MDI ELBW positive predictive value negative predictive value NICU Intraventricular hemorrhage Psychomotor Developmental Index Mental Developmental Index Periventricular leukomalacia NPV یا negative predictive value PVL neonatal intensive care unit Extremely low birth weight

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Early Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Therapy Improves Predictive Power for the Outcomes of Ventilated Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Authors

Joanne MD, Bree MD, MPH, Leslie MD, Michael MD, Susan OT, William MD, PhD,