MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth

Canadian Paediatric SocietyPediatrics2017Official publication

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Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2017) on “Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth”. Counselling couples facing the birth of an extremely preterm infant is a complex and delicate task, entailing both challenges and opportunities. This revised position statement proposes using a prognosis-based approach that takes the best estimate of gestational age into account, along with additional factors, including estimated fetal weight, receipt of antenatal corticosteroids, singleton versus multiple pregnancy.

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