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Home Extubation in a Neonate
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Home Extubation in a Neonate

Prakash Loganathan, Judith Simpson, Paul Boutcher, Andrew Cooper, Allan Jackson and Rebecca J. Benson
Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.142(1), p.1
07/01/2018
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-2845
PMID: 29884681
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https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-2845View
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Abstract

End-of-life care for many infants involves the withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. Usually this takes place in the hospital environment, but sometimes parents request that their infant dies at home. Facilitating this has significant practical and resource implications and raises both logistical and ethical questions. In this article, we report a neonatal case involving home extubation, explaining the processes involved as well as providing an ethical context.
Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics Science & Technology

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