Table 4 Categories for causes of death.
From: The value of autopsy in preterm infants at a Swedish tertiary neonatal intensive care unit 2002–2018
Congenital anomalies | Intraventricular hemorrhage |
Neural anomaly | Infection/sepsis |
Cardiac anomaly | Infection/sepsis, early |
Other anomaly | Infection/sepsis, late |
Chromosomal abnormalities | Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) |
Asphyxia | NEC without sepsis |
Intrauterine | NEC with sepsis |
Perinatal | Other |
Postnatal | Shock/anemia/bleeding |
Respiratory causes | Volvulus/malrotation |
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | Isolated spontaneous intestinal perforation |
Respiratory distress syndrome | Metabolic/electrolyte/endocrine disorders |
Pulmonary hypoplasia | Tumor |
Persistent pulmonary hypertension | Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome |
Pneumothorax | CNS-related |
Haemothorax | Other |
Miscellaneous | Prematurity |
