Trends and centre-to-centre variability in survival rates of very preterm infants (<32 weeks) over a 10-year-period in SwitzerlandThomas M Berger
Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kinderspital Luzern, Spitalstrasse, CH 6000 Luzern 16, Switzerland
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 97:F323-8. 2012
..At the same time, considerable centre-to-centre (CTC) differences were noted...
Neonatal resuscitation: foetal physiology and pathophysiological aspectsThomas M Berger
Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children s Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
Eur J Anaesthesiol 29:362-70. 2012
..This review will focus on foetal physiology and pathophysiological aspects of neonatal adaptation and, thus, attempt to provide a solid basis for understanding the new resuscitation guidelines...
Perinatal care at the limit of viability between 22 and 26 completed weeks of gestation in Switzerland. 2011 revision of the Swiss recommendationsThomas M Berger
Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children s Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
Swiss Med Wkly 141:w13280. 2011
..e., redirection of care). If a decision is made to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies, the health care team should focus on comfort care for the dying infant and support for the parents...
Survival rates of extremely preterm infants (gestational age <26 weeks) in Switzerland: impact of the Swiss guidelines for the care of infants born at the limit of viabilityN Fischer
Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children s Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 94:F407-13. 2009
..Because ethical decision making in the care of extremely preterm infants varies widely across Europe, the Swiss Society of Neonatology decided to publish its own guidelines on the care of infants born at the limit of viability in 2002...
[Systemic analgesia adapted to the children's condition]M Jöhr
Département d Anesthésiologie, anesthésie pédiatrique, Hopital Cantonal, Lucerne, Switzerland
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 26:546-53. 2007
..In neonates and small infants, the oral administration of sucrose or glucose is helpful to minimize pain reaction during short uncomfortable interventions...
[Infusion therapy for neonates, infants and children]M A Steurer
Neonatologische und pädiatrische Intensivpflegestation, Kinderspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Anaesthesist 60:10-22. 2011
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Causes and circumstances of neonatal deaths in 108 consecutive cases over a 10-year period at the Children's Hospital of Lucerne, SwitzerlandT M Berger
Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children s Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
Neonatology 95:157-63. 2009
..Many deaths of neonates are preceded by end-of-life decisions; however, decision-making practices have been reported to vary widely from country to country...