Pediatric Bioethics

Book Review Complex Ethics Consultations: Cases That Haunt Us Edited by Paul J. Ford and Denise M. Dudzinski. 251 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2008. $60. 978-0-521-69715-6

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The Curious Case of Ashley X

Kristi L. Kirschner, et al.

In October 2006, Gunther and Diekema [1] published the article “Attenuating growth in children with profound developmental disability” in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, which set off a firestorm of controversy. The…

Trends in Prenatal Ultrasound Use in the United States

Juned Siddique, et al.

BACKGROUND: While controversy continues about the appropriateness of routine ultrasound screening, there are little data on actual clinical practices or trends in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To examine changes in prenatal ultrasound…

It Is Time to Professionalize Institutional Review Boards

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Hot Debate About a Cool Therapy

William Meadow

The status of hypothermia as a treatment for perinatal asphyxia remains controversial. This review examines recent studies and professional opinions about whether this treatment should be considered “experimental” or “standard” and places…

Trends in prenatal ultrasound use in the United States: 1995 to 2006.

Siddique J, et al.

BACKGROUND: While controversy continues about the appropriateness of routine ultrasound screening, there are little data on actual clinical practices or trends in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To examine changes in prenatal ultrasound…

Moral Reflections on Neonatal Intensive Care

William Meadow

In this issue of Pediatrics, Itabashi et al1 report survival statistics for infants at 22 weeks' gestation born in Japan. The most striking finding is that their survival rate was much better than that reported anywhere else in the world…

Reflexiones éticas sobre los cuidados intensivos neonatales

William Meadow

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Prenatal Care Utilization in Excess of Recommended Levels: Trends From 1985 to 2004

Diane S. Lauderdale, et al.

Indexes of prenatal care adequacy distinguish care that includes more than the recommended number of visits because extra visits may signal a high-risk pregnancy. Using Natality files from 1985 to 2004, the authors found such…