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Neonatologists’ preferences regarding guidelines for periviable deliveries: do we really know what we want?

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ObjectiveTo examine neonatology providers’ preferences regarding periviability guidelines.Study designAn online cross-sectional survey of American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine members.ResultsMost of the 480 respondents desired standardized guidelines for… Click to show full abstract

ObjectiveTo examine neonatology providers’ preferences regarding periviability guidelines.Study designAn online cross-sectional survey of American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine members.ResultsMost of the 480 respondents desired standardized guidelines for upper (85%) and lower (87%) gestational age limits for offering resuscitation and comfort care. Standardization was most to least frequently desired at the national, institutional, and regional levels. Within scenarios involving parents’ preferences conflicting with institutional guidelines, respondents chose parent-preferred options more often (66 vs. 34%). Overall, resuscitation (48%) versus comfort care (52%) were nearly equally chosen. In emergency scenarios, more versus less experienced respondents favored parent-preferred options over guidelines (55 vs. 46%, p = 0.003) and chose resuscitation over comfort care (50 vs. 36%, p < 0.001).ConclusionsNeonatal providers desire age-based periviability guidelines, but do not agree on the level of standardization. Such limits may be insufficient to guide clinical practice. Policies should include processes that direct providers through fair transparent decision-making.

Keywords: preferences regarding; neonatologists preferences; periviable deliveries; comfort care; guidelines periviable; regarding guidelines

Journal Title: Journal of Perinatology
Year Published: 2019

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