Neonatologists’ Resuscitation Decisions at Birth for Extremely Premature Infants. A Belgian Qualitative Study

ObjectiveDeciding whether initiating or withholding resuscitation at birth for extremely preterm infants (EPIs) can be difficult due to uncertainty on outcomes. Clinical uncertainty generates ethical uncertainty. Thus, physicians’ attitudes and perspectives on resuscitation of EPIs might influence resuscitation decisions. We aimed at understanding how neonatologists make clinical-ethical decisions for EPI resuscitation and how they perceive these decisions.MethodsWe performed a qualitative study using a constructivist account of grounded theory. Face-to-face, semi-structured in-depth interview... Mehr ...