[Deaths of children in infancy, with particular emphasis on neonaticide in materials collected by Department of Forensic Medicine in Bydgoszcz in the years 1992 to 2006].
The issue of sudden deaths of children in the infant period is presented in the report. The analysis included a total of 54 cases of sudden deaths of infants. Death caused by a disease, neonaticide and intrauterine necrosis were observed. In the group of disease-associated deaths, the most common cause of death was pneumonia. The most common mechanism of neonaticide was strangulation.
Katedry Medycyny Sadowej UMK w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy.
Elzbieta
E
Bloch-Bogusławska
Ewa
E
Wolska
Agnieszka
A
Paradowska
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011996:Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*