[Retrospective study of 25 sudden death in 25 infants hospitalized during the neonatal period].
During a 6 years period, 25 newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit died suddenly in the first year of life. The risk of sudden death in this specific population is 5% and reaches 7.4% in the low birth weight population (less than or equal to 2,500 g). In 12 infants, the sudden death was partially explained; in 7 infants, the sudden death remained unexplained on the basis of clinical and necropsic findings; in 6 infants, the clinical data did not justify the sudden death but necropsies were not performed. A comparison with matched living control infants showed that there was a significant increase of minor malformations of the branchial arch system and that in the sudden infant death group, threatening premature labour was more frequent during the mothers' pregnancies.
Marret
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Clinique de pédiatrie et de puériculture, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, CHU, Rouen, France.
Jeannot
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Tayot
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Fessard
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Samson-Dollfus
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000150:complications; D001934:Branchial Region; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000150:complications; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
Etude rétrospective de 25 nourrissons décédés de mort subite et hospitalisés en période néo-natale.