An infant with trisomy 18 and a ventricular septal defect.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1542/peds.2010-1971.
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Abstract
Decisions for critically ill infants with trisomy 18 raise thorny issues about values, futility, the burdens of treatment, cost-effectiveness, and justice. We presented the case of an infant with trisomy 18 to 2 neonatologists with experience in clinical ethics, Annie Janvier and Felix Okah, and to a parent, Barbara Farlow. They do not agree about the right thing to do.
Medical subject headings
- Ethics, Medical
- Genetic Counseling
- Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
- Palliative Care
- Prenatal Diagnosis