Predictors of survival in very low birth weight infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica
Trotman, H.; Lord, C.
Tropical Doctor 38(3): 183-185
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-4755 PMID: 18628557 DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070203Document Number: 202433
The use of prenatal steroids is an effective, simple clinical intervention that can be implemented in developing countries to help decrease mortality in very low birth weight infants.
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