Patient Number | Patient characteristics | Cause of death | Age at mortality (months) | Interval from fundoplication to mortality (months) | wt. before / wt. after surgery (kg) |
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1 | Premature, 1.7 kg, NI, brain ischemia, EA/TEF, Down’s syndrome, PDA, recurrent aspiration | Severe sepsis | 4 | 1.5 | 1.7 / 2 |
2 | Premature, 990 gm, CLD, NI, EA/TEF, distal CES, major aspiration/brain damage, recurrent TEF, major esophageal dysmotility, severe sepsis | Severe sepsis | 21 | 18 | 1.9 / 10 |
3 | IUGR, 1.6 kg, NI, Down’s syndrome, CAH, recurrent desaturations, ventriculomegally, severe sepsis | Severe sepsis | 42 | 27 | 1.7 / 5 |
4 | IUGR, 1.8 kg, NI, Edward’ syndrome, IDDM, CLD, diaphragmatic eventration, brain atrophy, ulcerative colitis | Septic shock + sagittal sinus thrombosis | 60 | 24 | 2.1 / 8 |
5 | Premature, 1.5 kg, NI, EA/TEF, distal CES, Skeletal anomalies, Fanconi’s anemia, PDA | Refractory sepsis (Fanconi anemia) | 30 | 29 | 1.8 / 3 |
6 | NI, 2.5 kg, apnea, neurodegenerative disorder, esophageal dysmotility | Sepsis, neuro-degenerative disease | 8 | 1.5 | 2.8 / 3.8 |
7 | 2.9 kg, Down’s syndrome, CLD, PDA, PFO, Laryngomalacia | RSV bronchiolitis | 24 | 15 | 2.9 / 6.5 |
8 | Premature, 1.75 kg, IVH, NI, inability to feed, sepsis | Severe gram − ve and candida sepsis | 13 | 11 | 1.8 / 6 |