Abstract:Background
No data are available on the prevalence of mortality in neonates after major surgery such as laparotomy in China.
Methods
In a tertiary general hospital, 142 newborns who underwent laparotomy for a variety of surgical conditions in the past 6 years were included in this study in Beijing, China. Pre‐, intra‐, and postoperative variables potentially predictive of postoperative 30 day mortality were collected and compared between the surviving and deceased newborns.
Results
Death ≤30 days after laparot… Show more
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