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