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Clinical aspects of neonatal death and autopsy
Abstract: An autopsy carried out by a trained perinatal pathologist can provide parents and professionals with new information about the cause of a baby's death. It is extremely stressful for parents ...
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Ian A Laing
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247-254
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Placental inflammation
Abstract: Placental inflammatory disorders represent a diverse and important category of pathological processes leading to fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. These processes can be divided in...
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Raymond W Redline
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265-274
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Non-iatrogenic pathology of the preterm infant
Abstract: Non-iatrogenic anatomical findings at autopsy provide insight into preterm infant physiology. The different patterns of lipid accumulation in the adrenal may correspond to long-term differen...
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Robert W Bendon,
Susan Coventry
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281-287
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Perimortem laboratory investigation of genetic metabolic disorders
Abstract: Over 400 rare, biochemically diverse genetic metabolic disorders (inborn errors of metabolism) have been described and the list is growing by the month. Although recent advances in the diagn...
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John Christodoulou,
Bridget Wilcken
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275-280
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Magnetic resonance imaging: an alternative to autopsy in neonatal death?
Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) represents a non-invasive alternative to full autopsy in neonatal death if parents refuse classical full autopsy. MRI offers high resolution images of the en...
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Thierry A.G.M Huisman
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347-353
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Pulmonary pathology
Abstract: Common causes of neonatal respiratory distress include meconium aspiration, pneumonia, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, pneumothorax and cystic adenomatoid malformation. Gen...
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Daphne E. deMello
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311-329
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Placental vascular development and neonatal outcome
Abstract: The juxtaposition of the maternal and fetal circulations allows optimal physiological exchange between mother and fetus. Extravillous trophoblast infiltrating into the placental bed transfor...
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T.Yee Khong
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255-263
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Postmortem findings in term neonates
Abstract: Neonatal deaths in infants born at term are relatively rare in the USA, occurring in 0.9/1000 live births. Congenital malformations, perinatal asphyxia, infections and inborn errors of metab...
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Halit Pinar
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289-302
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Neonatal autopsy
The benefits of neonatal autopsy have been well documented. Unfortunately, the decline in autopsy rate has accelerated following adverse publicity generated by the Bristol and Alder Hey Inquiries. Som...
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J.W Keeling,
T.Y Khong
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245
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Iatrogenic damage in the neonatal period
Abstract: Iatrogenic damage from a therapeutic procedure in the neonatal period can have serious consequences. Although most side effects are minor, some may result in a major handicap or death of the...
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Peter G.J Nikkels
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303-310
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The value of autopsy in determining the cause of failure to respond to resuscitation at birth
Abstract: Autopsy is invaluable in identifying the causes of severe depression and very low Apgar score after birth and in assessing contributory conditions. Brain scans are increasingly used in the c...
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Waney Squier,
Frances M. Cowan
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331-345
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