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dc.contributor.author | Whitehead, F. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Couper, R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bourne, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Byard, R. | - |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1996; 17(1):73-78 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0195-7910 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1533-404X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/5498 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Dehydration in developed countries is an uncommon but important mechanism resulting in the death of infants and children. The clinicopathological features of a series of 37 fatal dehydration cases autopsied at the Adelaide Children's Hospital over a 33-year period (1961-1993) are presented. Causative factors for dehydration included gastroenteritis (21 cases), gastroenteritis with high environmental temperature (one case), high environmental temperatures (six cases), neglect/failure to thrive (four cases), mental retardation/chromosomal abnormality (three cases), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (one case), and unsuspected cystic fibrosis (one case). The mean age at death was 11.4 months (range 2 weeks to 6.25 years; median 6 months; 95% confidence interval 6 months to 1 year and 4 months; male-to-female ratio, 19:18). Sixteen of the 22 cases of fatal gastroenteritis (73%) occurred during the fall/winter months (March to August). There were a total of seven aboriginal or part aboriginal children in the group (19%). Children with mental retardation were at higher risk of dehydration, and previously unsuspected cases of child abuse/neglect also presented with lethal dehydration. Vitreous humor electrolyte levels and immunoassay for rotavirus were useful diagnostic adjuncts. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | LIPPINCOTT-RAVEN PUBL | - |
dc.rights | Copyright: © Lippincott-Raven Publishers | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000433-199603000-00014 | - |
dc.subject | Dehydration | - |
dc.subject | Childhood | - |
dc.subject | Gastroenteritis | - |
dc.subject | Unexpected death | - |
dc.title | Dehydration deaths in infants and young children | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1097/00000433-199603000-00014 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Byard, R. [0000-0002-0524-5942] | - |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Pathology publications |
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