Fatal bleeding from gastric ulceration during first day of life--possible association with social stress.
Death from haemorrhage is described in a 21-hour-old baby boy with acute gastric ulceration. Particular note is made of the very high level of psychosocial maternal stress during the last trimester of pregnancy. A causal relationship of this stress and the peptic ulceration is suggested, with gastrin as the mediator.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*