RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Autopsy after death due to extreme prematurity
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F270
OP FF272
DO 10.1136/adc.2004.062380
VO 90
IS 3
A1 D E Elder
A1 J M Zuccollo
YR 2005
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/3/F270.abstract
AB Autopsy reports for 29 very preterm infants dying at <28 days of age were reviewed. New findings were discovered in 79% and resulted in a significant change in diagnoses in 28%. Iatrogenic lesions were identified in 41% of cases and were the main cause of death in 14%.