Mortality in infants discharged from neonatal intensive care units in Georgia

Article Abstract:

Neonatal intensive care units have contributed to survival of newborns, but little is known about the cause of deaths that occur after discharge from these specialized support facilities. To determine the mortlity rates following hospital discharge, the study focuses on birth, death and neonatal intensive care records for infants born to Georgia residents at participating hospitals from 1980 to 1982. From this population, 120 infants subsequently died. The average stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for these individuals was 20 days, the average birth weight was 1983 grams. The mortality rate for this group was 22.7 deaths for each 1,000 babies discharged, a rate more than five times the overall death rate for similarly aged infants. The most common causes of death were congenital heart disease, 23 percent; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, 21 percent; and infection, 13 percent.

Mortality, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Neonatal intensive care, Infant mortality, Georgia, Perinatal death

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Incidence of dog bite injuries treated in emergency departments

Article Abstract:

Dog bites result in about 333,687 emergency department (ED) visits each year, according to a three-year survey of hospitals. Researchers reviewed data from 1992 to 1994 in a CDC national hospital survey, and found that dog bites caused about 914 ED visits each day. Boys aged 5-9 years had the highest rate of dog-bite injuries, and children were much more likely to be bitten on the head, neck and face. Although 99% of injuries were of low severity, another study revealed about 20 fatalities annually from dog bites.

Children, Pediatric injuries, Dogs, Bites and stings, Bites (Injuries), Stings (Injuries)

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Fetal Deaths Related to Maternal Injury

Article Abstract:

Automobile accidents are the leading cause of fetal death in pregnant women caused by trauma, accounting for 82% of the fetal deaths in a study of 240 traumatic fetal deaths. Pregnant teenagers have the highest risk of fetal death from trauma.

Pregnant women, Traffic accidents

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