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Re: At what gestational age/weight would a premature baby not be fully resuscitated?
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:28:43 -0500 (CDT)
How long ago was this?
At Sun, 24 Jun 2001, BethAnn wrote:
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>Claudia,
>
>Is it possible that my baby may have showed signs of distress when she
>was first born from the magnesium sulfate that was administered to me? I
>had been given 3 bolus's of mag between 10:00 P.M. and 12:00 Midnight.
>The doctors told me that was quite a large dose. I'm thinking that had
>an effect on the baby's responsiveness when it was born, therefore they
>decided not to initiate full resuscitation? I just can't bring myself to
>accept that they would not HELP HER!
>
>Elizabeth
>
>At Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
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>>I can not say whether earlier treatment would have made the outcome any
>>different. I know that is not whta you want to hear, but sometimes it
>>is a hard call with babies at this gestation. I have seen a baby same
>>exact gestation of your baby live 8 months, but all that time was in the
>>NICU. I have seen 24 week babies that are now school age kids. There
>>is just no way of knowing.
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