The search for objective criteria at the limit of viability

Neonatology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-196

  Bartels, Dorothee B ^a   Poets, Christian F ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Birth weight centiles; Ethic; Intrauterine growth retardation; Survival; Very preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41349084433     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110867     Document Type: Article

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