Literature DB >> 6617052

Decisions to withdraw life support in the neonatal intensive care unit.

S C Ragatz, P H Ellison.   

Abstract

Neonatal intensive care units may choose to selectively withdraw support in some neonates with severe brain damage. We offer suggestions for criteria for such withdrawal, and a review of 20 cases in which such a decision-making process occurred in our neonatal intensive care unit.

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Keywords:  Death and Euthanasia; Medical College of Wisconsin

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Year:  1983        PMID: 6617052     DOI: 10.1177/000992288302201101

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Pediatr (Phila)        ISSN: 0009-9228            Impact factor:   1.168


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1.  '....officiously to keep alive'.

Authors:  C H Walker
Journal:  Arch Dis Child       Date:  1988-05       Impact factor: 3.791

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