Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2020; 224(05): 244-254
DOI: 10.1055/a-1230-0810
Leitlinie

Frühgeborene an der Grenze der Lebensfähigkeit (Entwicklungsstufe S2k, AWMF-Leitlinien-Register Nr. 024/019, Juni 2020)

Christoph Bührer
1   Klinik für Neonatologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
,
Ursula Felderhoff-Müser
2   Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen
,
Ulrich Gembruch
3   Zentrum für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn
,
Kurt Hecher
4   Klinik für Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg
,
Franz Kainer
5   Abteilung für Geburtshilfe und Pränatalmedizin, Klinik Hallerwiese, Nürnberg
,
Sven Kehl
6   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen
,
André Kidszun
7   Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz
,
Angela Kribs
8   Universitätskinderklinik Köln, Köln
,
Tanja Krones
9   Klinische Ethik, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich
,
Volker Lipp
10   Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Zivilprozessrecht, Medizinrecht und Rechtsvergleichung, Juristische Fakultät / Institut für Notarrecht / Zentrum für Medizinrecht, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
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Rolf F. Maier
11   Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Marburg
,
Barbara Mitschdörfer
12   Bundesverband „Das frühgeborene Kind“ e.V. Frankfurt
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Tatjana Nicin
13   Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau
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Claudia Roll
14   Abteilung Neonatologie, Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin, Schlafmedizin, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Datteln
,
Monika Schindler
15   Klinik für Neonatologie, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim
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