Classification of autopsy findings

Rates of autopsy in neonatal unit 1990-9

Factors tested for association with neonatal autopsy.
 
 

Table A Classification of autopsy findings

Year	Classification						Records not available
	IA	IB	II	III	IV	V
1990	0	0	1	0	3	8	12
1991	1	0	1	0	2	19	2
1992	0	0	2	1	2	24	0
1993	0	2	2	0	2	18	0
1994	0	1	1	0	4	17	0
1995	0	0	1	1	1	11	0
1996	0	2	3	1	4	11	0
1997	0	0	0	5	1	7	0
1998	0	0	1	1	1	15	0
1999	0	0	2	1	0	15	0
Total	1	5	14	10	20	145	14

 

Table B Rates of autopsy in neonatal unit 1990-9

Year	Deaths	Autopsies	Rate
1990	29	24	0.83
1991	33	25	0.76
1992	39	29	0.74
1993	31	24	0.77
1994	36	23	0.64
1995	28	14	0.5
1996	32	21	0.66
1997	27	13	0.48
1998	32	18	0.56
1999	27	18	0.67
1990-9	314	209	0.67

 

Table C Factors tested for association with neonatal autopsy. Figures are numbers (percentage)

Category	Autopsy performed	No autopsy	P value*	Data not available
Sex of infant:
Male	122/208 (58.7)	43/82 (52.4)	0.3374	24
Female	86/208 (41.3)	39/82 (47.6)
Type of delivery:
Vaginal delivery	113/206 (55)	49/82 (60)	0.7290	26
Caesarean section:
Emergency	77/206 (37)	28/82 (34)
Elective	16/206 (8)	5/82 (6)
Parents married	104/154 (67.5)	52/80 (65)	0.6978	80
Maternal history:
Primipara	86/195 (44)	29/82 (35)	0.1796	37
Multigravida	109/195 (56)	53/82 (65)
Status of requester:
Consultant	170/208 (82)	73/82 (89)	0.1316	24
Junior	38/208 (18)	9/82 (11)

*Proportion of events in each group compared with c ² test.

 
 

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