[Implementing palliative care for newborns in various care settings. Part 3 of "Palliative care in the neonatal period"].
Palliative care in newborns may take place in the delivery room and then continued either in maternity wards or in the neonatal unit. For babies developing a chronic condition, going home may be advantageous. The population concerned includes babies born with a severe intractable congenital malformation and certain extremely preterm newborn babies at the limits of viability. Care procedures as well as withholding and withdrawing treatments are reviewed.
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Unité de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital Sud, CHU, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, BP 90347, 35203 Rennes cedex 2, France. pierre.betremieux@chu-rennes.fr
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D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011368:Professional-Family Relations / Q000941:ethics; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence