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Prediction of Outcome in 164 Infants Born after 24 to 28 Weeks Gestation
Author(s) -
Greisen G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11283.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral palsy , gestation , pediatrics , neonatology , malacia , blindness , gestational age , pregnancy , surgery , physical therapy , airway , biology , optometry , genetics
Eg‐Andersen, G. (Department of Neonatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark). Outcome in 164 infants born after 24 to 28 weeks gestation. Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl. 360: 56, 1989. Between 1984 and 1987 164 infants born after 24 to 28 completed weeks were admitted to our unit. In 6 children respirator treatment was withdrawn between days 6 and 57 mainly on the basis of severe intracranial bleeding and periventricular leuco‐malacia. Among 102 (62%) surviving infants, 18 (18%) had a major handicap (cerebral palsy, IQ <50, blindness) at follow‐up, in 6 of the 18 (6%) there was a combination of several major handicaps. We conclude that we can still not reliably predict serious handicap and we are therefore faced with a serious ethical dilemma which we think can best be approached in a trust‐relationship between parents and staff.