The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 6 , Pages 604-610.e1 , December 2007

Racial Differences in the Use of Respiratory Medications in Premature Infants after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Outcomes Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE, Center for Outcomes Research, 3535 Market St, Suite 1029 Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Kelly C. Wade, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Susan Bakewell-Sachs, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • School of Nursing, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
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  • Barbara Medoff-Cooper, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Gabriel J. Escobar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Program, Oakland, CA.
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  • Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Pediatrics and Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Received 20 October 2006 ,Revised 14 March 2007 ,Accepted 20 April 2007.

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 Supported through a grant by the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the Health and Human Resources Services Administration (Grant no. 1 R40 MC05474-01-00).

PII: S0022-3476(07)00398-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.052

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 6 , Pages 604-610.e1 , December 2007

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