Resuscitation policies for extremely preterm newborns: finally moving beyond gestational age

Mark R Mercurio^{1

2}, Brian S Carter^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. mark.mercurio@yale.edu.
² Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. mark.mercurio@yale.edu.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁴ Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁵ Children's Mercy Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO, USA.

Editorial

Mark R Mercurio et al. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;40(12):1731-1733.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00843-4. Epub 2020 Oct 2.

Mark R Mercurio^{1

2}, Brian S Carter^{3

4

5}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. mark.mercurio@yale.edu.
² Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. mark.mercurio@yale.edu.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁴ Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁵ Children's Mercy Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO, USA.

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Comment on

On the limits of viability: toward an individualized prognosis-based approach.
De Proost L, Ismaili M'hamdi H, Verhagen AAEE, Reiss I, Geurtzen R, Verweij EJJ. De Proost L, et al. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec;40(12):1736-1738. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00793-x. Epub 2020 Aug 21. J Perinatol. 2020. PMID: 32826936 No abstract available.

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