http://fn.bmj.com/content/94/1/2.full/reply#fetalneonatal_el_2755 The treatment of ELBW newborns needs to be customized and any intervention should be performed in the patient’s best interest. The approach of neonatologists to the medical care of extremely premature newborn differs from country to country, as it is influenced by different medical, social ethical and legal considerations. In case of extreme prematurity, if the neonatologist realizes that any therapeutic effort is useless, intensive therapies that could translate into pursuit of futile treatment should of course be curtailed.
Management of babies born extremely preterm at less than 26 weeks of gestation / DE CURTIS, Mario. - In: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. - ISSN 0003-9888. - ELETTRONICO. - -:(2008), pp. ---. [10.1136/adc.2008.143321]
Management of babies born extremely preterm at less than 26 weeks of gestation
DE CURTIS, MARIO
2008
Abstract
http://fn.bmj.com/content/94/1/2.full/reply#fetalneonatal_el_2755 The treatment of ELBW newborns needs to be customized and any intervention should be performed in the patient’s best interest. The approach of neonatologists to the medical care of extremely premature newborn differs from country to country, as it is influenced by different medical, social ethical and legal considerations. In case of extreme prematurity, if the neonatologist realizes that any therapeutic effort is useless, intensive therapies that could translate into pursuit of futile treatment should of course be curtailed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
