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Initiation of Life Support at the Border of Viability

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Important Considerations Regarding Resuscitation of Infants at the Borderline of Viability

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  1. Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Naomi Laventhal M.D., M.A.

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Joanne Lagatta M.D.

  3. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    William Meadow M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Steven M. Donn

  2. University of Durham, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

    Sunil K. Sinha

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Laventhal, N., Lagatta, J., Meadow, W. (2017). Initiation of Life Support at the Border of Viability. In: Donn, S., Sinha, S. (eds) Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39839-6_93

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