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Table 2 Reasons given by guardians for withdrawing treatment

From: Withdrawal of treatment in a pediatric intensive care unit at a Children’s Hospital in China: a 10-year retrospective study

Reasons

Total, n = 326,(%)

Medical withdrawing, n = 129,(%)

Premature withdrawing, n = 197,(%)

p*

Illness is too severe

216 (66.3)

124 (96.1)

92 (46.7)

< 0.001

Condition has been improved

68 (20.9)

5 (3.9)

63 (32.0)

 

Economic reason

7 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

7 (3.5)

 

Unclear diagnosis

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

 

Unstated reason

34 (10.4)

0 (0.0)

34 (17.3)

 
  1. * p value for medical withdrawing vs. premature withdrawing