Table 1 Clinical context of announcement communications by category

(1) First patient status communication on admission to the intensive care unit

Respiratory Distress

9 (56,3)

Transitory

1

Hyaline membrane disease

4

Secondary to pneumothorax

1

Secondary to RSV bronchiolitis

3

Cerebral hemorrhage

3 (18,7)

Anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

1 (6,25)

Cardiogenic shock on coarctation aorta

1 (6,25)

Congenital malformation

2 (12,5)

Chylothorax

1

Meconium cyst

1

(2) Providing details on the diagnosis and therapeutic management

Respiratory distress

1 (6,7)

Necrotizing enterocolitis

1 (6,7)

Anoxo-ischemic encephalopathy

1 (6,7)

Cerebral hemorrhage

1 (6,7)

Neonatal convulsions

3 (20)

Congenital malformations

5 (33,3)

Diaphragmatic hernia

1

Pulmonary cyst

1

TAPVR^a Blocked

1

Tetralogy of Fallot

1

Coarctation of the aorta

1

Malignant pertussis

1 (6,7)

Supraventricular rhythm disorder

2 (13,2)

(3) Announcement of limitations of therapies and comfort care upon medical refusal of unreasonable obstinacy

Anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy with severe brain lesions on MRI

1 (14,3)

Severe cerebral hemorrhage

6 (85,7)