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With the increasing use of obstetrics intensive supervision methods, perinatal mortality could be decreased from greater than 2.5% to less than 1.0% between 1965-1975. Cases of clinically relevant acidosis in the umbilical artery (pH less than 7.10) declined from 2.41% to 0.51% between 1973-1975. On the basis of these results and the statistical data from Hagberg (14), it can be concluded that 1 child out of every 1.000 births can be preserved from a severe infantile cerebral paresis and 1 child from severe mental retardation via obstetric intensive supervision. The cost for obstetric intensive medicine per 1.000 births was 370.000 Swiss francs in 1975. As a result of the decline in cerebrally damaged and mentally retarded children, expenditures of between 1.3 to 1.9 million Swiss francs were avoided. This means a savings of 1 to 1.5 million Swiss francs.
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PMID:[Possibilities and limitations of obstetric intensive medicine: a cost-savings analysis (author's transl)]. 87 35

An 8(10)/(12) year old girl with infantile cerebral paresis (ICP), severe mental retardation and seizure disorder was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with clinical signs of aspiration and died ten days later. Final diagnosis was esophagobronchial fistula caused by a foreign body in the esophagus provoking aspiration pneumonia, mediastinitis and respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The foreign body was found to be part of a plastic toy. The clinical relevance of aspiration in mentally retarded children and the peculiar nature of the foreign body impacted in the esophagus in this case are discussed. We conclude that in cases of aspiration pneumonia in mentally retarded children the presence of unusual foreign bodies should be suspected.
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PMID:An esophagobronchial fistula caused by an unusual foreign body in the esophagus leading to mediastinitis with fatal outcome. 1650 9