Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jan 2007
Palliative care for prenatally diagnosed lethal fetal abnormality.
Diagnosis of lethal fetal abnormality raises challenging decisions for parents and clinicians. Most parents opt for termination, which may include feticide. ⋯ Parental decision making and the clinical aspects of perinatal palliative care were studied after a prenatal diagnosis of lethal fetal abnormality in 20 pregnancies. 40% of parents chose to continue the pregnancy and pursue perinatal palliative care. Six of these eight babies were liveborn and lived for between 1(1/2) h and 3 weeks.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jan 2007
Critical dependence of acetate thermal mattress on gel activation temperature.
Sodium acetate gel mattresses provide an active method of warming patients through release of latent heat of crystallisation. They can be used as an adjunct to incubator care or as an exclusive heat source. ⋯ Safe use of this device is critically dependent on gel temperature at the point of activation. To ensure warming of a hypothermic neonatal patient without running any risk of burns, the mattress should be activated with a gel temperature between 19 degrees C and 28 degrees C.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jan 2007
Biography Historical ArticleJohn Whitridge Williams, MD (1866-1931) of Baltimore: pioneer of academic obstetrics.
Williams was the founder of academic obstetrics in the United States and with his textbook was the recognised leader of this discipline in America during the first 30 years of the 20th century.