Does diagnosis influence end-of-life decisions in the neonatal intensive care unit?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-154

  Weiner, J ^a   Sharma, J ^a   Lantos, J ^b   Kilbride, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84921839961     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.170     Document Type: Article

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