Ethical Issues in the Neonatal ICU Technological advances have altered the boundary
between viable and nonviable newborns and increased the need to consider quality of life in …

The nature and content of the conversations between the healthcare team and the parents
concerning withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining interventions for neonates vary …

BACKGROUND: Children with trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 (T13-18) have low survival rates
and survivors have significant disabilities. For these reasons, interventions are generally not …

The well-being of parents is essential to the well-being of children with life-limiting illness.
Parents are vulnerable to a range of negative financial, physical, and psychosocial issues …

Background: How parents of children with life threatening conditions draw upon religion,
spirituality, or life philosophy is not empirically well described. Methods: Participants were …

Advances in neonatology have led to improved survival for periviable infants. Immaturity still
carries a high risk of short-and long-term harms, and uncertainty turns provision of life …

Objective To investigate the variation in severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm
(VPT) infants across European regions and whether morbidity rates are higher in regions …

Importance Outcomes after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are variable. Predicting
death or severe neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in affected neonates is crucial for …

Background: This manuscript reviews unique aspects of end of life decision-making in
pediatrics. Methods: A narrative literature review of pediatric end of life issues was …

Objectives To explore parental perspectives regarding their preterm child at 18 months
corrected age and to investigate whether reported answers correlate with level of …