Early Discharge Study for Premature Infants: Singapore General Hospital
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Early discharge study for premature infants: singapore general hospital.
INTRODUCTION At Singapore General Hospital, approximately 240 infants of the 1500 deliveries per annum are delivered preterm, many of very low birth weight-median of 1210 g-often have extended hospital stays, even after they are declared medically fit. METHODS To better understand the discharge patterns of the preterm infants in the department, a team of two neonatologists and two nurses perf...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Permanente Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1552-5767,1552-5775
DOI: 10.7812/tpp/08-040