Reference range for serum cortisol in well preterm infants
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Reference range for serum cortisol in well preterm infants.
AIM To establish a reference range for serum cortisol concentrations in preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 30 weeks during the first two weeks of life. METHODS Infants were prospectively classified by the following exclusion criteria: surfactant administration, arterial hypotension, acute or uncontrolled infection, ventricular haemorrhage II degrees or above, serum glucose < ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.3.f171