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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1995 41(5):311-313; doi:10.1093/tropej/41.5.311
© 1995 by Oxford University Press
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The Value of Neonatal Autopsies

Grace D'Costa, Sudha Khot and S. R Daga

Department of Pathology and the Institute of Child Health, Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital Bombay-400 008, India

Dr Grace D'Costa; 212, Pushpa Bhuvan, Near Strand Cinema, Colaba; Bombay-400 005, India.

Autopsy was performed on 221 of the 223 neonatal deaths that occurred over a period of 3 years (1989–1991). Clinically active problems at the time of death were identified in a combined clinicopathological approach. Prematurity associated conditions accounted for 51 per cent of deaths. Autopsy alone gave the diagnosis in 22 per cent of cases, confirmed the clinically suspected diagnosis in 68 per cent of cases and in 9 per cent of cases it was non-contributory; 69 per cent of deaths were considered non-preventable in our centre.


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