Table 4 Medical criteria always or often considered in antenatal and postnatal decisions to actively manage or not an extremely premature baby
Antenatal decisions n (%) | Postnatal decisions n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Presence of a significant malformation | 52 (92.9) 2 missing values | 50 (87.7) 1 missing value |
Chorioamnionitis or other infection | 44 (77.2) 1 missing value | 43 (75.4) 1 missing value |
Birth weight | 43 (75.5) 1 missing value | 37 (64.9) 1 missing value |
Signs of acute foetal distress | 32 (57.1) 2 missing values | 41 (71.9) 1 missing value |
Singleton/multiple | 16 (29.1) 3 missing values | 9 (16.4) 3 missing values |
Phenotype | 4 (7.1) 2 missing values | 1 (1.8) 2 missing values |
Sex | 6 (10.7) 2 missing values | 3 (5.4) 2 missing values |