Investigating the Causes of Infant Mortality

Authors

  • Ahmad Bahvad
  • Mohammad Hossein Marandian
  • Mohammad Jafarian
  • Morteza Lesani
  • Nader Faramarzi
Abstract:

Sur une periode de un an (mars 1974 :1 mars 1975) 572 enfants ont ete hospitalises dans le service de pedia­trie du C.H.U. LOGMANDOLEH ADHAM, de l'Univer­site Nationale d'lran. a Teheran. 69 deces ont ete consta­tes (] 3 "{, des malades admis) dont les 3/4 concernaient les enfants ages de moins de 24 mois, l'autopsie a ete effec­tuce chez 73,8';{, des enfants decedes dans le service. En­viron 40·:-;, des enfants ages de moins de deux ans souf­fraient d'une malnutrition protido-calorique. La confronta­tion des donnees cliniques et anatomo-pathologiques a mis en evidence twis causes principales de la mortalite infan­tile dans ce service recevant Jes enfants des classes econo­miquement defavorisees :  1)la tuberculose, 2) la dcshydratati0n par la gastro-cnterite, 3) Jes infections pyogeniques surtout broncho-pulmonai­rcs.

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volume 5  issue 3

pages  159- 172

publication date 1977-07

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