Table 1.

Data of patients with post-mortem examination

Preterm infants	GA at birth	GA at death	Prenatal corticosteroids	Postnatal corticosteroids	Surfactant	RDS/IRDS	Acute shock lung (ASL)
1	23	23	no	yes	yes	RDS	ASL
2	27	28	yes	yes	yes	RDS	no
3	28	30	yes	no	no	no	ASL
4	28	28	yes	no	yes	RDS	no
5	35	35	no	yes	no	IRDS	no
Term infants
6	38	44	no	no	no	no	ASL
7	40	46	no	no	no	no	ASL