Perinatal care at an extremely low gestational age (22-25 weeks). An Italian approach: The "Carta di Firenze"

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Pignotti, Maria Serenella ^a,n   Scarselli, Gianfranco ^a   Barberi, Ignazio ^b   Barni, Mauro ^c   Bevilacqua, Giulio ^d   Branconi, Francesco ^a   Bucci, Giovanni ^e   Campogrande, Mario ^f   Curiel, Pietro ^g   Di Iorio, Romolo ^h   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ⁱ   Di Tommaso, Mariarosaria ^a   Moscarini, Massimo ^h   Norelli, Gian Aristide ^a   Pagni, Aldo ^c   Panti, Antonio ^j   Pela, Ivana ^c   Rondini, Giorgio ^k   Saggese, Giuseppe ^l   Salvioli, Giampaolo ^m   Scarano, Enrico ^a   Donzelli, Gianpaolo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Bioethics Committee ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e Emeritus of Paediatrics and Neonatology   (Italy)

^f Sant'Anna Hospital   (Italy)

^g Associazione degli Ostetrici e Ginecologi Ospedalieri Italiani (AOGOI)   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^j Ordine dei Medici of Florence   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ITALY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 35748969864     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.119446     Document Type: Letter

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