Chris Feudtner MD, PhD, MPH delivered the Sanford L. Leikin Memorial Lecture in Pediatric Ethics at Children’s National Medical Center. Here he discuses a case brought by one of the hospital units.
A set of twins was transferred to NICU; 25-weekers who came in for a neurosurgery consult on Friday. They both had significant brain bleeds, white matter loss, and hydrocephalus. One of the infants was better off than the other, but both had midline shift and were seizing.