[The problem of intensive care of premature and newborn infants (author's transl)].
Today there is a controversy about the demand for the preservation of human life at any price. Special difficult problems result from intensive care of premature and newborn infants. The clinical criterions of cerebral death are different to those of adults, special investigations are restricted in their application. Often you cannot be sure of the prognosis in spite of knowing the diagnosis. Should the competent parents decide with us about the renunciation of a -- further -- intensive care? It is necessary to value all available factors to take the right decision. The paper wants to inform about some important criterions and stimulate the discussion.
D001926:Brain Death; D003422:Critical Care; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D007603:Jurisprudence; D011379:Prognosis
Zur Problematik der Intensivbehandlung von Früh- und Neugeborenen--ärztliche, rechtliche und ethische Uberlegungen.