Resuscitation in the "gray zone" of viability: determining physician preferences and predicting infant outcomes

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-526

  Singh, Jaideep ^a,b   Fanaroff, Jon ^c   Andrews, Bree ^a   Caldarelli, Leslie ^a   Lagatta, Joanne ^a   Plesha Troyke, Susan ^a   Lantos, John ^a,b   Meadow, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery room resuscitation; Medical ethics; Neonatology; Outcomes research; Prematurity; Viability

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

APGAR SCORE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOMS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548442557     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2966     Document Type: Article

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