Neonatal end-of-life care: a single-center NICU experience in Israel over a decade.

Objectives: To follow changes in the causes of neonatal deaths in the NICU at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, over a decade; to examine trends regarding types of end-of-life-care provided (primary nonintervention, maximal intensive, and redirection of intensive care, including limitation of care and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment); and to assess the parental role in the decision-making process given that the majority of the population is religious.

Methods: All neonates who died between 2000 and 2009 were identified. The causes and circumstances of death were abstracted from the medical records.