Categorizing Neonatal Deaths:A Cross-Cultural Study in the United States, Canada, and The Netherlands
Objective To clarify the process of end-of-life decision-making in culturally different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Study design Review of medical files of newborns >22 weeks gestation who died in the delivery room (DR) or the NICU during 12 months in 4 NICUs (Chicago, Milwaukee, Montreal, and Groningen). We categorized deaths using a 2-by-2 matrix and determined whether mechanical ventilation was withdrawn/withheld and whether the child was dying despite ventilation or physiologically stable but extubated for neurological prognosis. Results Most unstable patients in all units di... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Verhagen , A A E , Janvier , A , Leuthner , S R , Andrews , B , Lagatta , J , Bos , A F & Meadow , W 2010 , ' Categorizing Neonatal Deaths : A Cross-Cultural Study in the United States, Canada, and The Netherlands ' , Journal of Pediatrics , vol. 156 , no. 1 , pp. 33-37 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.019 |
Schlagwörter: | END-OF-LIFE / INTENSIVE-CARE-UNIT / DECISION-MAKING / PREMATURE-INFANTS / PERINATAL-CARE / DELIVERY ROOM / VIABILITY / OUTCOMES / NEWBORNS / RESUSCITATION |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29192266 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/bea9a6f3-1009-4d09-9c2c-55e72b609b40 |