Consultative Service Utilization Around Periviable Deliveries

INTRODUCTION Multiple factors play important roles in decision-making regarding delivery room resuscitation in periviable infants. Studies have shown that practice variability exists between neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists with respect to how periviable antenatal consultations are conducted. However, there is no data to date reporting utilization of other consultative services, or provider billing practices around periviable deliveries. METHODS: Inborn periviable births in 2013-2015 at 6 centers were reviewed retrospectively. Mothers/babies admitted with living fetuses for unplanned periviable delivery and born at 22 0/7 to 24 6/7 weeks gestational …