Variation of practice and poor outcomes for extremely low gestation births: ordained before birth?

Annie Janvier; Jason Baardsnes; Michael Hebert; Stephanie Newell; Neil Marlow

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-313332

Variation of practice and poor outcomes for extremely low gestation births: ordained before birth?

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2017 Nov;102(6):F470-F471. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313332. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Authors

Annie Janvier^{1

2}, Jason Baardsnes^{3

4}, Michael Hebert³, Stephanie Newell³, Neil Marlow⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Bureau de l'Éthique Clinique, Université de Montréa, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Department of Neonatology, Clinical Ethics Unit, Palliative Care Unit, Research Center, Unité de Recherche en éthique Clinique et partenariat famille, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Parent representative.
⁴ Department of Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Neonatology, UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, London, UK.

PMID: 28839106
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313332

No abstract available

Keywords: bioethics.; clinical ethics; communication; end of life decisions; family centered care; gestational age; neonatal intensive care unit; neonatal outcomes; prematurity.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / standards*
Family / psychology
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Neonatology / standards*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards*
Professional-Family Relations / ethics*

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding