Neonatal end-of-life practice in a German perinatal centre

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Schulz Baldes, A ^a   Huseman, D ^b   Loui, A ^b   Dudenhausen, J W ^b   Obladen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life decision; Limitation of therapy; Medical ethics; Neonatal intensive care; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEONATOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34247467025     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00234.x     Document Type: Review

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