title: Meconium aspiration syndrome: a 6-year retrospective study.
abstract: The incidence and outcome of babies suffering from meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) has been analysed in a 6-year review of 38,395 births at Guy's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital. One in 533 births (0.2%) was complicated by MAS, the mortality rate for which was 1 in 12. There was also a number of babies identified as possibly suffering from 'subclinical MAS' but no deaths occurred in this group. Males were more affected than females.
authors.affiliation: Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Coltart
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008471:Meconium Aspiration Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors