Delivery room decision-making for extremely preterm infants in Sweden

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1988-1995

  Peerzada, Jehanna M ^a   Schollin, Jens ^b   Håkansson, Stellan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethics; Extremely low birth weight; Neonatal intensive care; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOM; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; RESUSCITATION; SWEDEN; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33745323888     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1885     Document Type: Article

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