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Parents of extremely premature babies may have problems understanding and remembering information on likely outcome. We have constructed a simplified evidence-based “gestation versus outcome” table that could be offered to the parents. Such a table may promote consistency in the information given to parents by different members of the perinatal team.
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This paper was presented at the 2nd Annual Perinatal Society ofAustralia and New Zealand Congress, Australia, April 1998.
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Koh, T., Harrison, H. & Morley, C. Gestation Versus Outcome Table for Parents of Extremely Premature Infants. J Perinatol 19, 452–453 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200208
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200208