When an Extremely Premature Infant with a High Probability of Severe

question 7

Multiple Choice

When an extremely premature infant with a high probability of severe disability and death is born, what protocols of care do health care professionals follow around the world?

• A) Provide immediate resuscitation if the baby is born alive and admission to neonatal intensive care
• B) Withhold critical care but try to keep the infant comfortable
• C) Induce death as quickly and painlessly as possible
• D) Both A and B

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