Table 1 Examples of exclusion criteria that either lead to, or potentially could have caused death, based upon macroscopic and histological findings in 1,190 infant autopsy cases based upon differing organs
Organ | Exclusion criteria on macroscopic findings | Exclusion criteria on histological findings | Cases included |
|---|---|---|---|
Heart | Myocardial Infarction, Ruptured ventricular aneurysm, Transplanted Heart, Cardiomyopathy | Myocarditis; rejection; extensive myocardial infarction | 868 |
Lungs | Empyema, Laryngeal Stenosis/Atresia, Abscess, pulmonary hypoplasia as provided in the post-mortem report | TB, PCP Pneumonitis, Chronic Lung Disease, Asthma | 764 |
Liver | Moderate to severe necrosis/infarction, tumour, haemorrhage | Acute or chronic hepatitis with necrosis, liver abscesses, neoplasia | 1051 |
Spleen | Splenic laceration, haematoma | Abscess, malignancy or acute splenic sequestration | 1101 |
Kidneys | Neoplasia, cystic dysplasia. | Neoplasia, dysplasia, cystic disease, glomerulonephritis or severe acute rejection. | 1040 |
Pancreas | Neoplasia, haemorrhage, necrosis | Neoplasia, necrosis | 1025 |
Thymus | Abscess or thymus encased in pus | Lymphoma, or Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis | 1023 |
Adrenals | Abscesses, hypoplasia, necrosis or haemorrhage | Neoplasia, haemorrhage with necrosis | 1039 |