Table 2.

Characteristics of 19 infants with neonatal seizures who were transferred to hospice during the neonatal admission

	N=19
Male sex	12 (63)
Gestational age (completed weeks)
< 29	1 (5)
29 – 32+6/7	1 (5)
33 – 36+6/7	1 (5)
≥ 37	16 (84)
Race
Caucasian	13 (76)
Black	3 (18)
Asian	1 (6)
Other	0 (0)
Hispanic ethnicity	3 (18)
Diagnosis
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	11 (58)
CNS infection	4 (21)
Brain malformation*	2 (11)
Intracranial hemorrhage	1 (5)
Ischemic stroke	1 (5)
Comorbid conditions
Congenital heart disease	3 (16)
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	0 (0)
Dialysis	1 (5)
ECMO	0 (0)
Palliative care consultation	10 (59)
Outcome
Death confirmed	8 (42)
Still living at time of last documentation	7 (37)
Unknown	4 (21)

Data are presented as n (%). Abbreviations: CNS: central nervous system

^*Brain malformations included holoprosencephaly and dandy walker malformation.