Improved Survival of Periviable Infants after Alteration of the Threshold of Viability by the Neonatal Resuscitation Program 2015

• Main Authors: Yen-Ju Chen (Author), Wen-Hao Yu (Author), Li-Wen Chen (Author), Chao-Ching Huang (Author), Lin Kang (Author), Hui-Shan Lin (Author), Osuke Iwata (Author), Shin Kato (Author), Mohamed Hamed Hussein (Author), Yung-Chieh Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Periviable infants (PIs) born at 22-25 weeks gestational age (wGA) have a variable survival rate (49.7-86.2%) among hospitals. One factor involved in this difference may be the definition of the threshold of viability. The American Academy of Pediatrics revised the neonatal resuscitation program in...