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Table 2 Diagnostic categories of antenatal referrals to a specialist PPC team

From: Specialist perinatal palliative care: a retrospective review of antenatal referrals to a children’s palliative care service over 14 years

Diagnostic category

Number of referrals received during study period

Cardiac disorders

46

Trisomy 18

44

Anencephaly/Holoprosencephaly/Hydranencephaly

13

Abnormal brain/spinal cord development

13

Renal disorders

12

Trisomy 13

11

Other genetic disorders

10

Miscellaneouss

5

Skeletal dysplasia

2

Conjoined twins

2

Severe hydrops fetalis

1

TOTAL

159