title: Neonatal pulmonary haemorrhage, birthweight, gestational age and intrauterine growth.
abstract: The relation between neonatal pulmonary haemorrhage and its underlying cause was studied by reviewing the clinical data and necropsy records of 315 newborn babies who had died between day 0 and 31 of life. Necropsy revealed massive and focal pulmonary haemorrhage in 6.9% and 19.3% of the infants, respectively. It has been concluded that pulmonary haemorrhage is a complication of various neonatal diseases related to hypoxia and/or infection, which occur in preterm infants with a much higher frequency than in term babies. Among patients with pulmonary haemorrhage, males and low birthweight babies predominated.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D005865:Gestational Age; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors