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Attitudes of paediatric and obstetric specialists towards prenatal surgery for lethal and non-lethal conditions.
Antiel, Ryan M; Curlin, Farr A; Lantos, John D; Collura, Christopher A; Flake, Alan W; Johnson, Mark P; Rintoul, Natalie E; Brown, Stephen D; Feudtner, Chris.
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  • Antiel RM; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Curlin FA; Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Lantos JD; Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Collura CA; Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
  • Flake AW; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
  • Johnson MP; Division of Neonatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Rintoul NE; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Brown SD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Feudtner C; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Med Ethics ; 44(4): 234-238, 2018 04.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29018178
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

While prenatal surgery historically was performed exclusively for lethal conditions, today intrauterine surgery is also performed to decrease postnatal disabilities for non-lethal conditions. We sought to describe physicians' attitudes about prenatal surgery for lethal and non-lethal conditions and to elucidate characteristics associated with these attitudes.

METHODS:

Survey of 1200 paediatric surgeons, neonatologists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists (MFMs).

RESULTS:

Of 1176 eligible physicians, 670 (57%) responded (range by specialty, 54%-60%). In the setting of a lethal condition for which prenatal surgery would likely result in the child surviving with a severe disability, most respondents either disagreed (59%) or strongly disagreed (19%) that they would recommend the surgery. Male physicians were twice as likely to recommend surgery for the lethal condition, as were physicians who believe that abortion is morally wrong (OR 1.75; 95%CI 1.0 to 3.05). Older physicians were less likely to recommend surgery (OR 0.57; 95%CI 0.36 to 0.88). For non-lethal conditions, most respondents agreed (66% somewhat, 4% strongly) that they would recommend prenatal surgery, even if the surgery increases the risk of prematurity or fetal death. Compared with MFMs, surgeons were less likely to recommend such surgery, as were physicians not affiliated with a fetal centre, and physicians who were religious (ORs range from 0.45 to 0.64).

CONCLUSION:

Physician's attitudes about prenatal surgery relate to physicians' beliefs about disability as well as demographic, cultural and religious characteristics. Given the variety of views, parents are likely to receive different recommendations from their doctors about the preferable treatment choice.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Diagnóstico Prenatal / Anomalías Congénitas / Actitud del Personal de Salud / Enfermedades Fetales / Fetoscopía / Neonatólogos / Asesoramiento Genético Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Newborn / Pregnancy Idioma: En Revista: J Med Ethics Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Diagnóstico Prenatal / Anomalías Congénitas / Actitud del Personal de Salud / Enfermedades Fetales / Fetoscopía / Neonatólogos / Asesoramiento Genético Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged / Newborn / Pregnancy Idioma: En Revista: J Med Ethics Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos