Care for infants born at 23 weeks gestational age: 5 years' experience from a large medical center

Michael S. Schimmel; Avraham Steinberg; Francis B. Mimouni; Yael Yekel

doi:10.3109/14767058.2015.1077222

Care for infants born at 23 weeks gestational age: 5 years' experience from a large medical center

Michael S. Schimmel
, Avraham Steinberg
, Francis B. Mimouni
, Yael Yekel

Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Medical Ethics Unit

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Abstract

Objectives: Assessing parental choice regarding care of infants born at 23 weeks' gestation.Methods: Neonatal records review.Results: During 2010-2014, of 26 births (33 infants), 13 families (17 newborns) conceded comfort care only with no survivors, while 13 families (16 babies) requested full medical care and three survived. With birth year, gender, multi-fetal pregnancy, assisted reproductive technology, religious background and specialization of physician counseling at delivery as independent variables, none significantly affected parental decision; yet, that decision impacted outcome.Conclusions: Parental choice regarding infants born at 23 weeks' gestation cannot be predicted from demographics; counseling should concentrate on local experience/outcome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2138-2140
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2015.1077222
State	Published - 2 Jul 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Neonatal mortality
parental decision-making
preterm

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Care for infants born at 23 weeks gestational age: 5 years' experience from a large medical center

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