Morbidity in extreme low birth weight newborns hospitalized in a high risk public maternity

Abstract Objectives: to determine the prevalence of the most common morbidities in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants hospitalized in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU) and to evaluate the influence of these morbidities through the length of in-hospital stay. Methods: observational, longi...

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Main Authors: Derijulie Siqueira Sousa, Airton Salviano Sousa Júnior, Arielly Duarte Rabelo Santos, Enaldo Vieira Melo, Sônia Oliveira Lima, Marcos Antônio Almeida-Santos, Francisco Prado Reis
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292017000100139&lng=en&tlng=en