title: Possibly avoidable deaths in hospital in the age-group one week to two years.
abstract: In a complete analysis of all infant deaths in hospital between the ages of 1 week and 2 years, over a two and a half year period in Sheffield 21 children (26%) were found to have died from treatable diseases. 15 (71%) of these children were admitted moribund but had shown no difference in preadmission clinical features from a group of children admitted with similar diseases but surviving. The essential difference between the infants who died and those who survived was in the adequacy of medical care before admission.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*