Intensive care in an adolescent with trisomy 18: an ethical dilemma

Eur J Pediatr. 2003 Nov;162(11):814-5. doi: 10.1007/s00431-003-1314-8. Epub 2003 Sep 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Cardiomegaly / diagnosis*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18*
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Decision Making
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Life Support Care / standards
  • Life Support Care / trends
  • Moral Obligations
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Trisomy / diagnosis*