Restriction of ongoing intensive care in neonates: A prospective study

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Hentschel, Roland ^a   Lindner, Katharina ^b   Krueger, Markus ^a   Reiter Theil, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Intensive care; Medical ethics; Newborn; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MORTALITY; PARENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABNORMALITIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 33748432591     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1615     Document Type: Article

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