Trends in Palliative Care Consultation for Extremely Premature Neonate Nonsurvivors in the Intensive Care Unit.

Extremely premature infants (<28 weeks gestational age) have a greater risk of mortality and, when they survive, higher rates of significant neurological disability and need for medical care.

To identify possible associations between palliative care consultation and length of life, code status, and manner of death of extremely premature versus nonextremely premature neonates.