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Table 2 Parental decision after information about termination according to five prognostic categories. The specific abnormalities are listed for each category

From: Parental information about the option to apply for pregnancy termination after the detection of a congenital abnormality and factors influencing parental decision-making: a cohort study

Prognosis of the conditions

Parental decision

Wish to terminate the pregnancy

Wish to continue the pregnancy

N

%

N

%

1. Conditions with a good long-term prognosis

9

N/A

< 5

N/A

  Diaphragmatic hernia

    

  Other malformation of tricuspid valve

    

  Omphalocele

    

  Gastroschisis

    

  Intestinal atresia

    

2. Conditions with uncertain long-term prognosis

12

67

6

33

  Cleft lip bilateral/ facial cleft bilateral

    

  Transposition of the great arteries

    

  Common arterial trunk

    

  Other malformations of aorta

    

  Tetralogy of Fallot

    

  Amelia of the lower limb

    

  Pelvic teratoma

    

  Lymphangioma

    

  Hygroma/hydrops

    

  Small biometries

    

3. Conditions with poor long-term prognosis

60

90

7

10

  Spina bifida

    

  Cerebellar hypoplasia

    

  Agenesis of corpus callosum

    

  Occipital encephalocele

    

  Congenital hydrocephalus

    

  Other specified congenital malformations of the brain

    

  Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

    

  Hypoplastic right heart syndrome

    

  Ebsteins anomaly

    

  Congenital cardiomyopathy

    

  Cystic renal dysplasia bilateral

    

  Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

    

  Megacystis/urethral valves

    

  Multiple malformations

    

4. Conditions with a lethal prognosis

13

100

0

0

  Anencephaly

    

  Holoprosencephaly

    

  Renal agenesis bilateral

    

5. Conditions with a genetic disorder

101

N/A

< 5

N/A

Total

195

92

18

8

  1. Numbers are reported as < 5 to comply with data protection regulations
  2. N/A: not applicable