Delivery room decision-making at the threshold of viability

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 492-498

  Peerzada, Jehanna M ^a,b   Richardson, Douglas K ^a   Burns, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MD 20892 1156 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5144226514     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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