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Table 3 Recommendations According to Week of Gestation as of 2015 (German speaking countries update) [14]

From: Decision-making at the limit of viability: the Austrian neonatal choice context

Country

Year

Weeks of gestation

22

23

24

25

Argentina

2012

CC

NR

NR

NR

Australia

2006

CC

CC

AC

AC

Australia

2013

CC

PW

PW

AC

Austria (Updated according to Austrian GL) [15]

2017

CC

PW

AC

AC

Belgium

2014

CC

CC

PW

PW

Canada

2012

CC

IND

IND

AC

Finland

2014

IND

IND

AC

AC

France

2010

CC

CC

PW

AC

Germany (Updated according to German GL) [16]

2014

IND

PW

AC

AC

FIGO, international association

2006

NR

NR

NR

NR

ILCOR, international association

2006

CC

NR

NR

NR

WAPM, international association

2010

CC

IND

AC

AC

European Resuscitation Council

2010

CC

PW

PW

AC

Ireland

2006

CC

CC

PW

PW

Italy

2008

IND

IND

IND

IND

Japan

2012

NR

NR

NR

NR

Dutch Paediatric Society, the Netherlands

2006

CC

CC

IND

AC

Dutch Ministry of Health, the Netherlands

2010

NR

NR

AC

AC

New Zealand

2011

NR

NR

NR

NR

Poland

2011

CC

CC

IND

AC

Portugal

2012

CC

CC

AC

AC

Singapore

1998

IND

IND

IND

AC

Spain

2004

CC

NR

NR

NR

Sweden

2004

CC

IND

IND

AC

Switzerland (Updated according to Swiss GL) [17]

2011

CC

CC

PW

AC

Nuffield Council, United Kingdom

2006

CC

PW

AC

AC

BAPM, United Kingdom

2009

CC

CC

AC

AC

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, United Kingdom

2014

CC

IND

IND

AC

AAP, United States

2009

IND

IND

IND

IND

ACOG, United States

2012

IND

IND

IND

IND

AHA, United States

2010

CC

PW

PW

AC

Joint Workshop, United States

2014

CC

IND

AC

AC

  1. AAP American Academy of Pediatrics, AC active care, ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, AHA American Heart Association, BAPM British Association of Perinatal Medicine, FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, ILCOR International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, IND individualized care, CC comfort care, NR no recommendation, PW parental wishes, WAPM World Association of Perinatal Medicine