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Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Perinatal mortality in Uganda remains high at 38 deaths/1,000 births, an estimate greater than the every newborn action plan (ENAP) target of ≤24/1,000 births by 2030.
Anna Agnes Ojok Arach, James K. Tumwine, Noeline Nakasujja, Grace Ndeezi, Juliet Kiguli, David Mukunya, Beatrice Odongkara, Vincentina Achora, Justin B. Tongun, Milton W. Musaba, Agnes Napyo, Thorkild Tylleskar, Victoria Nankabirwa   +12 more
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Timing of perinatal death; causes, circumstances, and regional variations among reviewed deaths in Ethiopia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionEthiopia is one of the countries facing a very high burden of perinatal death in the world. Despite taking several measures to reduce the burden of stillbirth, the pace of decline was not that satisfactory.
Neamin Tesfay, Rozina Tariku, Alemu Zenebe, Girmay Hailu, Muse Taddese, Fitsum Woldeyohannes   +5 more
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Altered Development of Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons in SIDS: New Insights into Understanding Sudden Infant Death Pathogenesis

Biomedicines, 2021
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the unexpected sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation.
Anna Maria Lavezzi
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The Mesencephalic Periaqueductal Gray, a Further Structure Involved in Breathing Failure Underlying Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

ASN Neuro, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of the periaqueductal gray (PAG), an area of gray matter surrounding the cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius, in the pathogenetic mechanism of SIDS, a syndrome frequently ascribed to arousal failure from ...
Anna M. Lavezzi, Riffat Mehboob
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Development and utility of tools to identify preventable perinatal deaths: results from a community-based interventional study in two districts of Karnataka State, India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Background: The presently used perinatal death certificate devised by the World Health Organization is incomplete and does not help in identifying “preventability.” Objective: To develop tools that can help identify (1) preventable perinatal death and (2)
H N Harsha Kumar, Shantaram B Baliga, Pralhad Kushtagi, Nutan Kamath, Sucheta S Rao   +4 more
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Missed Opportunity for Neonates to Live: A Cross-Sectional study on Utilization of Peri-Natal Death Audits to address the Causes of Peri-Natal Mortality in District Hospitals of East–Central Uganda.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2022
Aim:  To assess the utilization of PDAs in addressing the avoidable causes of perinatal mortality in the eastern region of Uganda. Methodology:  A cross-section design using a mixed method was conducted between 2014-2015 at Iganga, Bugiri, and ...
Christopher Knox Waako, Miisa Nanyingi, Simon Peter Katongole, Christine Atuhairwe, Jennipher Mariam Konso, Everd Maniple   +5 more
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Adverse effects of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure on biological parameters of the developing brainstem

Neurobiology of Disease, 2005
We aimed to study the consequences of chronic exposure to tobacco smoke in utero on the morphological and functional maturation of the brainstem by comparing stillbirths of smoker mothers versus nonsmoker mothers.
Anna Maria Lavezzi, Giulia Ottaviani, Luigi Matturri   +2 more
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Definition of Sudden Infant Death and Sudden Intrauterine Unexpected Death Syndromes (SIDS and SIUDS) with Regard to the Anatomo-Pathological Examination

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2016
Crib death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is the most frequent form of death in the first year of life, striking one baby in every 1,700–2,000.
Giulia Ottaviani
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Toxic Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Brainstem Nicotinic Receptor Expression: Primary Cause of Sudden Unexplained Perinatal Death

Toxics, 2018
Among the neurotoxicants contained in tobacco smoke, if absorbed during pregnancy, nicotine significantly affects α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which play essential roles in the development of the brainstem regions receiving cholinergic ...
Anna Maria Lavezzi
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Sudden intrauterine unexplained death: time to adopt uniform postmortem investigative guidelines?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Worldwide approximately 2.6 million are stillborn, mostly occurring in developing countries. In the great part these deaths are inexplicable.
Anna M. Lavezzi, Francesco Piscioli, Teresa Pusiol, Gianfranco Jorizzo, Stefano Ferrero   +4 more
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