Decisions to withdraw life support in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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.
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000503:physiopathology; D001926:Brain Death; D001927:Brain Diseases; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000523:psychology*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology; D014922:Wisconsin; D028761:Withholding Treatment