Many babies with trisomy 13 and 18 die in the first year of life. Survivors all have severe cognitive impairment. There has been a debate among both professionals and parents about whether it is appropriate to provide life-sustaining interventions to babies with these serious conditions. On one ...
treatmentdecisionsforbabieswithtrisomy13and18462017hecforum10461007s10730-017-9319-2 系统标签: trisomybabieshecdecisionsforumtreatment TreatmentDecisionsforBabieswithTrisomy13and18 IsabellaPallotto 1 • JohnD.Lantos 2 ÓSpringerScience+BusinessMediaDordrecht2017 AbstractManybabieswithtrisomy13and18dieinthefirs...
Short stature is a well-recognized component of Down syndrome. The femur lengths of affected fetuses havebeen observed to be shorter than normal, with a ratio of actual to expected femur length of less than 0.91 indicating a high risk of trisomy. Do Down syndrome babies measure big or small?
' Down syndrome is also referred to as Trisomy 21. This extra copy changes how the baby's body and brain develop, which can cause both mental and physical challenges for the baby. Even though people with Down syndrome might act and look similar,each person has different abilities. Can a D...
Trisomy 13Trisomy 18EthicsPalliative careLife-sustaining treatmentDoctor-parent communicationAbstract Many babies with trisomy 13 and 18 die in the first year of life. Survivors all have severe cognitive impairment. There has been a debate among both professionals and parents about whether it is ...
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There were 22 cases of trisomy-21 (incidence 0.21%), 3 cases of trisomy-18, and 1 case of trisomy-13-15. 9 cases presented multiple congenital abnormalities but the karyotype was normal.Only the incidence of cases with Down's syndrome is higher than that reported in the literature. ...
Cases included live births, stillbirths, or terminations after prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomaly, with anophthalmia/microphthalmia, with or without other malformations and syndromes. Trisomy 13 was subsequently excluded. RESULTS The proportion of cases notified by any one information source was not...
A significant number of infants with single defects were preterm (p<0.002) and of low birth weight (p<0.002). One third (34%) required surgical intervention before hospital discharge. All-cause mortality at hospital discharge was 20.2%, with more deaths among patients with trisomy 13 (50%) ...