Table 2. Breakdown of the causes of death by pathology. Neonates are ≤28 days and older children >28 days and less than 8 years.
Neonates (n = 153, deaths/cases) | Older children (n = 111, deaths/cases) | |||
Non-atropine n = 74(n%) | Atropine n = 79(n%) | Non-atropine n = 66(n%) | Atropine n = 45(n%) | |
Neonatal respiratory distress | 1/56(2) | 2/61 (3) | – | – |
Non-neonatal respiratory distress | 2/8 (3) | 0/4 (0) | 9/32 (14) | 0/14 (0) |
Cardiac | 0/4 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 2/5 (3) | 0/1 (0) |
Ear, nose and throat | 1/1 (1) | 0/1 (0) | 1/8 (2) | 0/10 (0) |
Neurologic | 0/1 (0) | 3/5 (4) | 3/12 (5) | 3/15 (7) |
Sepsis | 0/1 (0) | 1/3 (1) | 3/9 (5) | 0/4 (0) |
Other | 0/3 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 0/1 (0) |
Total | 4 (5) | 6 (8) | 18 (27) | 3 (7) |