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KMID : 0367419610020010060
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1961 Volume.2 No. 1 p.60 ~ p.66
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POST-MORTEM STUDIES ON 90 CASES OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN
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李鎬永/Lee, Ho Yong
金福洙/Kim, Bok Soo
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Abstract
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During five years, from Mach 1953 to Feb 1953, there had been 130 cseses of post-mortem examinations of infants and children performed in the department of pathlogy, school of medicine, Yonsei university. This report containes the result gained from a careful analysis of anatomical & pathological findings seen in 90 cases of the total 139 postmortems.
It has to note in this study that the most of the cases subjected for the post-mortem examination were the infants and children came from families of poor class or orphanages.
Summary :
1. Majority of the newborns expired within a month after their births were premature children. Neonatal atelectasis and congenital anomalies were found the most frequent causes of the death.
2, The main causes of death in infantnts expired during one to 12 months of the ages were acute inflammatory diseases of lungs. (acute bronchopneumonia and interstitial pneumonia.)
3. As ages advances from one to i2 years, acute pneumonia decreases, and tuberculosis increases. The most frequent causes of death were tuberculosis in the cniidren. over 4 years of age.
4. Interstitial pneumonia were frequently observed in the babies between one to three months of age, but rarely seen after one year of age.
5. Extensive fatty metamorphosis of the liver was seen in 20-25%of the infants and children we studied. The youngest one, we found fatty metamorphosis was one month old.
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