title: [Retrospective study of 25 sudden death in 25 infants hospitalized during the neonatal period].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de pédiatrie et de puériculture, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, CHU, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marret
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeannot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tayot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fessard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samson-Dollfus
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Etude rétrospective de 25 nourrissons décédés de mort subite et hospitalisés en période néo-natale.