Consensus statements on the borderlands of neonatal viability: From uncertainty to grey areas

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Vavasseur, C ^a   Foran, A ^a   Murphy, J F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONSENSUS; DELIVERY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; INFANT MORTALITY; IRELAND; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; IRELAND; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348995969     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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