Perinatal care at the limit of viability between 22 and 26 completed weeks of gestation in Switzerland: 2011 Revision of the Swiss recommendations

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages

  Berger, Thomas M ^a,e   Bernet, Vera ^a,f   El Alama, Susanna ^d,g   Fauchère, Jean Claude ^a,h   Hösli, Irène ^b,i   Irion, Olivier ^b,g   Kind, Christian ^j   Latal, Bea ^c,f   Nelle, Mathias ^a,k   Pfister, Riccardo E ^a,g   Surbek, Daniel ^b,l   Truttmann, Anita C ^a,m   Wisser, Joseph ^b,n   Zimmermann, Roland ^b,n  

^a Swiss Society of Neonatology   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Society of Developmental Paediatrics   (Switzerland)

^d Federation of Swiss Midwives   (Switzerland)

^e Kinderspital Luzern   (Switzerland)

^f Universitats Kinderklinik   (Switzerland)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j Ostschweizer Kinderspital   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^l Universitats Frauenklinik   (Switzerland)

^m LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Limit of viability; Provisional intensive care; Redirection of care

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

CESAREAN SECTION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEATH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT INDICATION; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RESUSCITATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80655147913     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13280     Document Type: Review

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