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1396276

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
In current NICU (neonatal intensive care units), it is inevitable that ethical decisions on neonates with a poor prognosis will have to be made. At Tokyo Women's Medical College, we have been applying our own policy of medical decision making, which is somewhat different to those of most western countries. Most families are not asked to make final decisions, and the ethical committee is not actively involved. Staff in the NICU make the decision after plenary discussions. The position after decision making is not to discontinue the life supporting system but to observe, with no additional treatments and with routine care (class C). From October 1984 to September 1989, 58 out of 1589 neonates admitted to the NICU at Tokyo Women's Medical College died and 32 (55%) of them were classified as class C. The main causes of medical decision making were; non-viable (4/4, 100%), lethal malformations (13/20, 65%) and birth asphyxia (15/19, 79%).
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-3782
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Ethical problems in neonatal intensive care unit--medical decision making on the neonate with poor prognosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Maternal and Perinatal Center, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article