Causes of Death in the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

To present primary and secondary causes of death confirmed by autopsy for the extremely low birth weight infant. A total of 111 infants weighing between 300 and 1000 g at birth who died and were autopsied at our hospital during the 4-year period 1990-1993 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical, pat...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1999-02, Vol.103 (2), p.446-451
Main Authors: Barton, Lorayne, Hodgman, Joan E, Pavlova, Zdena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amniotic Fluid - microbiology
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Antibiotics
Babies
Bacterial Infections - mortality
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Birth weight, Low
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia - mortality
Cause of Death
Death & dying
Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Infants
Infants (Newborn)
Intensive care medicine
Los Angeles - epidemiology
Low birth weight
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
Newborn infants
Patient outcomes
Pediatrics
Pneumonia
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - mortality
Retrospective Studies
United States
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Summary:To present primary and secondary causes of death confirmed by autopsy for the extremely low birth weight infant. A total of 111 infants weighing between 300 and 1000 g at birth who died and were autopsied at our hospital during the 4-year period 1990-1993 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical, pathologic, and laboratory data were retrieved including results of placental examinations and autopsy cultures. Primary and secondary causes of death were assigned by the authors. Infection was the most common primary cause (56/111) followed by respiratory distress syndrome/bronchopulmonary dysplasia (24/111) and congenital defect (15/111). Immaturity as an only cause appeared almost exclusively in infants weighing
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.103.2.446