On the limits of viability: toward an individualized prognosis-based approach

Lien De Proost^{1

2

3}, Hafez Ismaili M'hamdi¹, A A E Eduard Verhagen⁴, Irwin Reiss², Rosa Geurtzen⁵, E J Joanne Verweij^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Neonatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Obstetrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. e.verweij@erasmusmc.nl.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. e.verweij@erasmusmc.nl.

Lien De Proost et al. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;40(12):1736-1738.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00793-x. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Lien De Proost^{1

2

3}, Hafez Ismaili M'hamdi¹, A A E Eduard Verhagen⁴, Irwin Reiss², Rosa Geurtzen⁵, E J Joanne Verweij^{6

7}

¹ Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Neonatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Obstetrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. e.verweij@erasmusmc.nl.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. e.verweij@erasmusmc.nl.

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Resuscitation policies for extremely preterm newborns: finally moving beyond gestational age.
Mercurio MR, Carter BS. Mercurio MR, et al. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec;40(12):1731-1733. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00843-4. Epub 2020 Oct 2. J Perinatol. 2020. PMID: 33009493 No abstract available.

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