Incidence of retinopathy and neonatal nurse practioner’s role in prevention of blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil – prospective observational descriptive study
Introduction: Retinopathy of prematurity is a leading cause of blindness in children in middle-income countries. Recent improvements in the intensive neonatal cares allied with better personal qualification for assistance to the pre-term neonate increased survival rates among very low birth weight i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing |
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| Online Access: | http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/976 |