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[Preclinical birth of an extremely premature infant - a case report]
Tobias Pöhlmann1, Armin Schmidt2, Wolfgang Pohl3
1Klinik für Anästhesie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Bayreuth.
Obstetrical emergencies requiring emergency medical service are very rare. An extremely premature birth in a preclinical setting is certainly exceptional. In the following case report, the emergency medical team was unexpectedly faced with the home birth of a fetus at the 23rd week of gestation. Prematurity at the edge of viability poses a challenge to first care, equipment, infrastructure, expertise and clinical ethics. To the authors' knowledge, there is no comparable case report published so far.
Obstetrical emergencies requiring emergency medical service are very rare. An extremely premature birth in a preclinical setting is certainly exceptional. In the following case report, the emergency medical team was unexpectedly faced with the home birth of a fetus at the 23rd week of gestation. Prematurity at the edge of viability poses a challenge to first care, equipment, infrastructure, expertise and clinical ethics. To the authors' knowledge, there is no comparable case report published so far.
