Ethical Considerations in the Management of Infants Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 458-470

  Hussain, Naveed ^a   Rosenkrantz, Ted S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD CARE; CONCEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; GAS EXCHANGE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEONATOLOGY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0346394861     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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