Length of life and treatment intensity in infants diagnosed prenatally or postnatally with congenital anomalies considered to be lethal

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Courtwright, A M ^a   Laughon, M M ^b   Doron, M W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; decision making; ethics; intensive care; lethal; pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE OF DEATH; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHALITY; LIVE BIRTH; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTNATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957854362     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.124     Document Type: Article

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