When an Extremely Premature Infant with a High Probability of Severe

Multiple Choice

When an extremely premature infant with a high probability of severe disability and death is born, what protocols of care do health care professionals follow around the world?

A) Provide immediate resuscitation if the baby is born alive and admission to neonatal intensive care
B) Withhold critical care but try to keep the infant comfortable
C) Induce death as quickly and painlessly as possible
D) Both A and B