Table 2 Characteristics of Collaborative decision meeting
Cohort 1 (n = 25) | Cohort 2 (n = 64) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of meetings, n (%) | |||
One | 24 (96) | 58 (90.6) | 0.084 |
Two | 0 | 6 (9.4) | |
Three | 1 (4) | 0 | |
More than three | 0 | 0 | |
Pathology prompting meeting, n (%) | |||
Severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy | 5 (20) | 11 (17.2) | 0.705 |
Other neurological injury | 12 (48) | 36 (56.3) | |
Sepsis | 1 (4) | 4 (6.3) | |
NEC | 1 (4) | 0 | |
Congenital anomaly | 3 (12) | 7 (10.9) | |
Acute respiratory disease | 0 | 1 (1.6) | |
Other | 3 (12) | 5 (7.8) | |
Time delay between birth and meeting, mean (+/− SD) (days) | 26 (33.5) | 18 (24.4) | 0.494 |
Parental opinion known, n (%) | 4 (16) | 27 (42.2) | 0.026 |
Decision at the end of the meeting, n (%) | |||
Continue treatment | 1 (4) | 0 | 0.259 |
Limit treatment | 7 (28) | 20 (31.3) | |
Withdraw treatment | 16 (64) | 44 (68.8) | |
Parental opinion after meeting, n (%) | |||
Agreement | 24 (96) | 57 (89.1) | 0.325 |
2003Time delay between meeting and death, median (IQR) (days) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1) | 0.839 |
Completed LWAT file, n (%) | |||
0 | 52 (81.3) | < 0.001 | |