Extended somatic support for a pregnant woman with brain death from metastatic malignant melanoma: a case report
Yeung PP Jr et al., 2008
The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, 21(7), 509-511
This is the first known case of extended somatic support beyond viability for a pregnant woman with brain death resulting from metastatic malignant melanoma, resulting in a live birth.
brain death pregnancy somatic support, maternal brain death live birth, extended life support pregnant woman, pregnancy brain death case report, metastatic melanoma pregnancy brain death, somatic support maternal death pregnancy, brain dead mother baby survival, pregnancy continuation maternal death, life support fetal viability maternal death, ethics maternal brain death pregnancy
Cite this article
Yeung, P., McManus, C., & Tchabo, J. G. (2008). Extended somatic support for a pregnant woman with brain death from metastatic malignant melanoma: a case report. *The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians*, *21*(7), 509-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767050802086560
Yeung P, McManus C, Tchabo JG. Extended somatic support for a pregnant woman with brain death from metastatic malignant melanoma: a case report. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;21(7):509-511. doi:10.1080/14767050802086560
Yeung, P., et al. "Extended somatic support for a pregnant woman with brain death from metastatic malignant melanoma: a case report." *The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians*, vol. 21, no. 7, 2008, pp. 509-511.
Stanford JB et al., 2008Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Objectives: We evaluated outcomes in couples treated for infertility with natural procreative technology (NaProTechnology [corrected] NPT), a systematic medical approach for optimizing physiologic con...