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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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A compelling symmetry: The extended fetuses-at-risk perspective on modal, optimal and relative birthweight and gestational age.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe relationship between several intriguing perinatal phenomena, namely, modal, optimal, and relative birthweight and gestational age, remains poorly understood, especially the mechanism by which relative birthweight and gestational age resolve
K S Joseph
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Perinatal Mortality Magnitude, Determinants and Causes in West Gojam: Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study.

PLoS ONE, 2016
IntroductionIn Ethiopia, even if a significant reduction in child mortality is recorded recently, perinatal mortality rate is still very high. This study assessed the magnitude, determinants and causes of perinatal death in West Gojam zone, Ethiopia ...
Robel Yirgu, Mitike Molla, Lynn Sibley, Abebe Gebremariam   +3 more
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Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response system among health facilities in Morogoro Region: a descriptive cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background When used effectively, the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system can bring into reality a revolutionary victory in the fight against maternal and perinatal mortality from avoidable causes.
Christina Jacob Kashililika, Fabiola Vincent Moshi   +1 more
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Utility of Expert Panel to Identify Preventable Perinatal Deaths: Results from Audit Based Interventional Study in Two Districts of Karnataka State, India

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: India has child death review which misses the information from private hospitals and community. Community based perinatal death auditing is required to identify preventable perinatal deaths. The objectives are to know utility of expert panel
Harsha Kumar H N, Shantaram B Baliga, Pralhad Kushtagi, Nutan Kamath, Sucheta S Rao   +4 more
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Perinatal death beyond 41 weeks pregnancy: an evaluation of causes and substandard care factors as identified in perinatal audit in the Netherlands

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background Late- and postterm pregnancy are associated with adverse perinatal outcomes, like perinatal death. We evaluated causes of death and substandard care factors (SSFs) in term and postterm perinatal death.
Joep C. Kortekaas, Anke C. Scheuer, Esteriek de Miranda, Aimée E. van Dijk, Judit K. J. Keulen, Aafke Bruinsma, Ben W. J. Mol, Frank P. H. A. Vandenbussche, Jeroen van Dillen   +8 more
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Determinants for Perinatal Mortality in South China: A Prospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectiveTo estimate the association of selected maternal and fetal characteristics with the risk of perinatal mortality in South China.MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted from March 2013 to December 2019.
Yiping Liu, Qiongxuan Li, Tingting Wang, Tingting Wang, Senmao Zhang, Letao Chen, Yihuan Li, Jingyi Diao, Jinqi Li, Xinli Song, Mengting Sun, Jianhui Wei, Jing Shu, Tubao Yang, Tubao Yang, Jiabi Qin, Jiabi Qin, Jiabi Qin, Jiabi Qin   +18 more
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11. Perinatal deaths [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin Supplementary Series, 1900
Between 2001 and 2003, the pattern of antecedent causes of death remained fairly stable (Figure 18, Table 125). About 30 per cent of perinatal deaths were unexplained. The next most common obstetric antecedents were fetal abnormalities followed by spontaneous preterm birth, specific perinatal conditions (such as twin-to-twin transfusion) and antepartum
Lee Taylor, Barbara Bajuk, Michael Giffin   +2 more
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Predictors of perinatal death in the presence of missing data: A birth registry-based study in northern Tanzania. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundMore than five million perinatal deaths occur each year globally. Despite efforts put forward during the millennium development goals era, perinatal deaths continue to increase relative to under-five deaths, especially in low- and middle-income
Innocent B Mboya, Michael J Mahande, Joseph Obure, Henry G Mwambi   +3 more
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Massive Amniotic Fluid Aspiration in a Case of Sudden Neonatal Death With Severe Hypoplasia of the Retrotrapezoid/Parafacial Respiratory Group

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
We report a case of a baby, who, after pregnancy complicated by maternal Addison's disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis and natural delivery, unexpectedly presented a cardiorespiratory collapse and died 1 hour after birth without responding to prolonged ...
Anna M. Lavezzi, Antonella Poloniato, Rosanna Rovelli, Laura Lorioli, Gabriela Alejandra Iasi, Teresa Pusiol, Graziano Barera, Stefano Ferrero, Stefano Ferrero   +8 more
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