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19 May 2023: Database Analysis

Causes of Death in Neonates, Infants, Children, and Adolescents at the University Children’s Clinical Hospital of Białystok Between 2018 and 2021

Monika Kamianowska 1ABDE* , Aleksandra Kamianowska 2BCDEF , Anna Wasilewska 1ACDE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939915

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939915

Table 3 The main underlying, secondary, and immediate causes of death of patients who died in 2018–2021 at the University Children’s Clinical Hospital of Białystok.

YearUnderlying cause of deathSecondary cause of deathImmediate cause of death
2018Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (31.25%, N=5)Conditions originating in the perinatal period (12.5%, N=2)Diseases of the respiratory system (31.25%, N=5)Diseases of the circulatory system (18.75%, N=3)Conditions originating in the perinatal period (18.75%, N=3)Acute respiratory failure (18.75%, N=3)Respiratory arrest (18.75%, N=3)
2019Conditions originating in the perinatal period (23.08%, N=3)Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (15.38%, N=2)Diseases of the nervous system (15.38%, N=2)Diseases of the genitourinary system (15.38%, N=2)Conditions originating in the perinatal period (30.77%, N=4)Diseases of the circulatory system (23.08%, N=3)Acute respiratory failure (30.77%, N=4)Neonatal cardiac failure (30.77%, N=4)
2020Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (31.25%, N=5)Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes (12.5%, N=2)Diseases of the respiratory system (12.5%, N=2)Diseases of the respiratory system (25.00%, N=4)Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere (18.75%, N=3)Diseases of the digestive system (18.75%, N=3)Acute respiratory failure (25.00%, N=4)Cerebral edema (12.5%, N=2)Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified (12.5%, N=2)
2021Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (21.43%, N=3)COVID-19 (14.29%, N=2)Diseases of the respiratory system (28.56%, N=4)Heart failure, unspecified (35.71%, N=5)Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified (35.71%, N=5)

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