Resuscitation of extremely low gestational age infants: An Advisory Committee's Dilemmas

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 810-811

  Batton, Daniel ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77951949537     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01753.x     Document Type: Short Survey

References (11)

1. Batton D. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Antenatal counseling regarding resuscitation at an extremely low gestational age. Pediatrics 2009 124 : 422 427.
2. Kaempf J, Tomlinson M, Campbell B, Ferguson L, Stewart V. Counseling pregnant women who may deliver extremely premature infants: medical care guidelines, family choices, and neonatal outcomes. Pediatrics 2009 123 : 1509 1515.
3. Born Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001. Pub L No. 107-207. 2001.
4. Peerzada JM, Richardson DK, Burns JP. Delivery room decision-making at the threshold of viability. J Pediatr 2004 145 : 492 498. (Pubitemid 39345985)
5. American College of Obstretricians and Geynecologists. ACOG practice bulletin No.38: perinatal care at the threshold of viability. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2002 79 : 181 188.
6. American Academy of Pediatrics; American Heart Association. Lesson 9: ethics and care at the end of life. In : AAP/AHA, editors. Textbook of neonatal resuscitation. 5th ed.
7. Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Critical care and decisions in the fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues.
8. International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) consensus on science with treatment recommendations or pediatric and neonatal patients: neonatal resuscitations. Pediatrics 2006 117 : e978 88. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/ content/full/117/5/e978.
9. Serenella M, Donzelli G. Perinatal care at the threshold of viability: an international comparison of practical guidelines for the treatment of extremely preterm births. Pediatrics 2008 121 : e193 8. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/121/1/e93.
10. Tyson JE, Parikh NA, Langer J, Green C, Higgins RD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Intensive care for extreme prematurity: moving beyond gestational age. N Engl J Med 2008 358 : 1672 1681. (Pubitemid 351549914)
11. MacKendrick W. Understanding neurodevelopment in premature infants: Applied Chaos Theory. J Pediatr 2006 148 : 427 429.