title: [A clinical study on deaths of children with neurological diseases in Sapporo City General Hospital from 1985 to 1996].
abstract: The author reported 42 fatal pediatric cases with neurological diseases in Sapporo City General Hospital from 1985 to 1996. They comprised 58% of all fatal patients. The numbers of patients with chronic and acute diseases were 32 (76%) and 10 (24%) respectively. Twenty-three patients, 55% of the cases studied, had severe mental and motor retardation. Eleven patients died of respiratory failure. Unexpected sudden death occurred in five of them. The clinical importance of the deaths of patients with neurological diseases should be appreciated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo City General Hospital.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000401:mortality; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male