Analysis of autopsy pathology and medical tangle concerning of causes of mortality in 58 infants / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the causes of infant mortality and analyze the reasons of misdiagnosis and medical disputes,and to provide help for improving clinical diagnostic accuracy in future in order to decrease the infant mortality and prevent the occurrence of medical tangle.Methods To collect and reorganize the autopsy pathology reports of medical tangle of infant deaths in the autopsy files of the Pathology Department of Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College within 5 years from Jan.2008 to Dec.2012,and a total of 58 cases were collected,of whom 39 cases were male and 19 cases were female,and the ages of these cases ranged from 0 to 3 years old.Results In 5 years,the number of medical tangle of infant deaths were 8 cases,10 cases,10 cases,15 cases and 15 cases,respectively,which showed an increasing trend on the whole.Infant mortality showed a significant decrease with the increase of age,as the highest mortality was the baby,which accounted for 77.59％ (45/58 cases) of infant deaths.The most common cause of infant death was pneumonia,which accounted for 15.52％ (9/58 cases) of all diseases,and neonatal asphyxia was the top cause of newborn infant deaths (27.27％,6/22 cases).In the cases of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis of infant deaths,the respiratory system disease was the most common disease (57.89％,22/38 cases).Conclusions Infant mortality decreased year by year in clinical medicine,but there was an upward trend of medical disputes in infant deaths.Various types of pneumonia was the most common cause of infant deaths,and it was also the main cause contributing to medical tangles of infant deaths.