PMID: 2107894Feb 17, 1990Paper

Attitudes to viability of preterm infants and their effect on figures for perinatal mortality

BMJ : British Medical Journal
A C FentonM Clarke

Abstract

To examine how local attitudes to management of extreme preterm labour can influence data on perinatal mortality. One year prospective study in a geographically defined population. The 17 perinatal units of Trent region. All preterm infants of less than or equal to 32 weeks' gestation in the Trent region. Infants who had been considered viable at birth were referred for intensive care; those who had been considered non-viable received terminal care. Whether each infant was born alive, dead, or alive but considered non-viable. Large differences were observed among units in the rates of delivery of infants of less than or equal to 27 weeks' gestation (rates varied from 7.2 to 0 per 1000 births). These differences were not present in the data relating to infants of between 28 and 32 weeks' gestation. The variation seemed to result from different approaches to the management of extreme preterm labour--that is, whether management took place in a labour ward or a gynaecology ward. Place of delivery of premature babies (less than or equal to 27 weeks' gestation) may influence classification and hence figures for perinatal mortality. In addition, the fact that the onus of judgment regarding viability and classification is often placed ...Continue Reading

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