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Table 1 Demographic and diagnostic patient characteristics

From: Patterns of paediatric end-of-life care: a chart review across different care settings in Switzerland

Characteristics

Total

N = 149

(100%)

Cardiology

n = 19

(13%)

Neonatology

n = 57

(38%)

Neurology

n = 36

(24%)

Oncology

n = 37

(25%)

Age at death, Mdn (range)

 in months

6 (0 – 209)

6 (1 – 109)

Na

19 (1 – 207)

101 (20 – 209)

 in years

0.5 (0.0 – 17.4)

0.5 (0.1 – 9.1)

Na

1.6 (0.1 – 17.2)

8.4 (1.7 – 17.4)

Gender, n (%)

 Female

72 (48)

10 (53)

32 (56)

15 (42)

15 (40)

 Male

77 (52)

9 (47)

25 (44)

21 (58)

22 (60)

ICD-10 chapter, description, n (%)

 II Neoplasms

36 (24)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

36 (97)

 III Blood/immune system

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)a

 IV Endocrine, nutritional, metabolic

6 (4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (16)

0 (0)

 VI Nervous system

21 (14)

0 (0)

2 (4)

19 (53)

0 (0)

 IX Circulatory systemb

5 (3)

4 (21)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0 (0)

 XVI Conditions originating in perinatal period

45 (30)

0 (0)

44 (77)

1 (3)

0 (0)

 XVII Congenital, chromosomal

35 (24)

15 (79)

11 (19)

9 (25)

0 (0)

Gestational age (for the neonatology group only)

  

n = 52c

  

 24 0/7 – 27 6/7

Na

Na

17 (33)

Na

Na

 28 0/7 – 31 6/7

Na

Na

8 (15)

Na

Na

 32 0/7 – 36 6/7

Na

Na

9 (17)

Na

Na

 37 0/7 - > 42 0/7

Na

Na

18 (35)

Na

Na

Time since diagnosisd

 in days, Mdn (range)

Na

Na

4 (1 – 26)

Na

Na

 in months, Mdn (range)

1 (0 – 205)

7 (0 - 66)

Na

9 (0 - 205)

4 (0 - 139)

 in years, Mdn (range)

0 (0 – 17)

0.5 (0.5 – 5.5)

Na

0.5 (0.0 – 17.0)

0.5 (0.0 – 12.0)

Diagnosis made prenatally

n = 147c

  

n = 34c

 

 Yes, n (%)

31 (21)

11 (58)

13 (23)

7 (21)

0 (0)

  1. Na Not applicable, ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
  2. aAplastic anaemia
  3. bStroke included
  4. cInformation was missing for some cases
  5. dCalculated from date of birth, even if diagnosis was suspected prenatally