Reasons why survival rates of extremely premature infants differ by hospital

Extremely premature infants born at 22 to 25 weeks of gestation have low rates of survival, and many of those infants who live have severe or moderate neurodevelopmental impairments. Thus, clinicians and families face the extremely difficult decision to either provide active, potentially lifesaving treatment at birth, or just provide comfort care. Between-hospital variations in active treatment explain much of the difference in survival rates seen in infants born at 22 to 24 weeks of gestation, a study shows.

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