Infants with neurological injury and their families face unique challenges in the neonatal intensive care unit. As specialty palliative care support becomes increasingly available, we must consider how to intentionally incorporate palliative care…
Objective:Evaluate changes in end-of-life care following initiation of a palliative care program in a neonatal intensive care unit.Study design:Retrospective study comparing infant deaths before and after implementation of a Palliative Care Program…
OBJECTIVE: To identify sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (WWLST) for extremely low gestational age neonates. DESIGN: Observational study of prospectively collected registry data…
Many serious or life-threatening neurologic conditions are first diagnosed during the fetal period, often following a routine prenatal ultrasound or sonographic evaluation after an abnormal aneuploidy screen. Such conditions represent a worrisome or…
Many childhood neurologic conditions are first diagnosed in the perinatal period and shorten or seriously alter the lives of affected infants. Neonatal neuropalliative care incorporates core practices and teachings of both neurology and palliative…
