Editorial Revisado por pares

Informed Consent and SUPPORT

2013; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 368; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejme1304996

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Jeffrey M. Drazen, Caren G. Solomon, Michael F. Greene,

Tópico(s)

Infant Development and Preterm Care

Resumo

In the summer of 1963, the nation watched in sadness as Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, the youngest child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, was born prematurely and then died of lung disease 2 days later at Children's Hospital in Boston. Even now, it is common knowledge that children born prematurely are at high risk for death.So it is easy to imagine the stress when, in 2005, your new baby decides to come into the world after only 6 months of gestation, long before your pregnancy has reached term. You know that extremely premature babies . . .

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