[Thromboembolic complications in children].

An analysis was made of 2093 autopsies of children aged 0-14 years. Thromboembolic complications (TEC) were detected in 6.68% of the victims who had died from acute infections, chronic inflammatory diseases, congenital malformations. Thromboses of venae cava superior and umbilicalis were found to predominate in the children. Thrombogenesis was due to the damage to the venous wall during catheterization and to phlebitis. Thrombi of cardiac cavities and arteries occur rarely and develop in heart disease and arteritis and after correction of congenital heart disease. Thromboembolism occurred in 29.28% of thrombosis largely in the pulmonary artery. According to the contribution to the thanatogenesis, 3 groups of TEC were classified as (1) the main cause of death; (2) one of the causes of death; (3) being insignificant in the outcome of the disease. The life-time diagnosis of TEC is insufficient.