Premium
Delivery in the ‘grey zone’: Collaborative approach to extremely preterm birth
Author(s) -
KEOGH John,
SINN John,
HOLLEBONE Keith,
BAJUK Barbara,
FISCHER Wendy,
LUI Kei
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2007.00737.x
Subject(s) - gestation , resuscitation , intensive care , obligation , medicine , statement (logic) , neonatal resuscitation , consensus conference , preterm labour , preterm delivery , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , political science , pregnancy , emergency medicine , law , genetics , biology
During the recent New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory consensus workshop on Perinatal Care at the limits of viability, recommendations were made in the areas of education, counselling and management. Critically, there was a consensus that between 23 weeks and zero days and 25 weeks and six days of gestation, it was reasonable to offer the option of non‐initiation of resuscitation and intensive care. Within this, obligation to treat increases as the gestation advances. Implications of the statement for obstetricians are discussed in this article.