Joint periviability counseling between neonatology and obstetrics is a rare occurrence

Autor: Linda M. Gerber, Rachel Reed, Ericalyn Kasdorf, Tracy Grossman, Gulce Askin
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Perinatology. 40:1789-1796
ISSN: 1476-5543
0743-8346
DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-00796-8
Popis: To investigate the frequency with which neonatal and maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) providers perform joint periviability counseling (JPC), compare content of counseling, and identify perceived barriers to JPC.An anonymous REDCap survey was e-mailed to members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and to members of the Society for MFM.There were 424 neonatal and 115 MFM participants. Fifty-two percent of neonatal and 35% of MFM respondents reported rarely/never performing JPC (p 0.001), while 80% and 82%, respectively felt it would improve counseling. Content of counseling was similar, except for length of stay with 93% of neonatal vs. 85% of MFM respondents addressing this (p = 0.03). The majority (60%) of respondents in both groups reported that clinical duties posed a significant/great barrier to JPC.JPC is recommended but infrequently performed, with both specialties interested in further collaboration to strengthen the counseling provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE