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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Mons Pubis

A rounded mass of fatty tissue found over the pubic bone of adult females, becoming more prominent after puberty.

Clitoris

An erectile organ in the female reproductive system, sensitive to sexual arousal and pleasure.

Follicular Phase

Time between the end of menses and ovulation, characterized by rapid division of endometrial cells and development of follicles in the ovary; also called proliferative phase.

Ovarian Cycle

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