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Infection and stillbirth

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2009
Infection may cause stillbirth by several mechanisms, including direct infection, placental damage, and severe maternal illness. Various organisms have been associated with stillbirth, including many bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. In developed countries, between 10% and 25% of stillbirths may be caused by an infection, whereas in developing countries,
Elizabeth M Mcclure, Robert L Goldenberg
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Implementing the Safer Baby Bundle for stillbirth prevention across Queensland maternity services using a modified breakthrough series collaborative [PDF]

Implementation Science Communications
Background Australia’s ≥ 28‑weeks stillbirth rate is 19.5% higher than that of high‑income countries with the lowest rates. The Safer Baby Bundle (SBB) is a national initiative to reduce stillbirth in Australia targeting five components of antenatal care
Michael Rice, Simin Arabshahi, Colette McIntyre, Adam Burns, Jocelyn Toohill, Kym Warhurst, Anne Bousfield, David Ellwood, Vicki Flenady, Christine Andrews   +9 more
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The association between the provision of recommendations for stillbirth prevention and the stillbirth reduction: a regional population-based study in Japan [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Shiga Prefecture in Japan still had higher stillbirth rates than the national average before 2010. To improve stillbirth rates in Shiga, we have informed both obstetricians and pregnant women in our region of recommendations for stillbirth ...
Shigeki Koshida, Shinsuke Tokoro, Daisuke Katsura, Shunichiro Tsuji, Jun Matsubayashi, Takashi Murakami, Kentaro Takahashi   +6 more
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Living with Loss: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating an internet-based perinatal bereavement program for parents following stillbirth and neonatal death

Trials, 2022
Background Stillbirth and neonatal death are devastating pregnancy outcomes with long-lasting psychosocial consequences for parents and families, and wide-ranging economic impacts on health systems and society.
Siobhan A. Loughnan, Frances M. Boyle, David Ellwood, Sara Crocker, Ann Lancaster, Chrissie Astell, Julie Dean, Dell Horey, Emily Callander, Claire Jackson, Antonia Shand, Vicki Flenady   +11 more
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Non-infectious risk factors for intrapartum stillbirth in a swine farm in the North of Vietnam [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2021
Background and Aim: Stillbirth causes considerable loss to the pig farming industry. Methods aimed at reducing stillbirth should base on the understanding of risk factors for intrapartum stillbirth because it accounts for 75% of all stillbirths ...
Nguyen Hoai Nam, Peerapol Sukon
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal near-miss audits: a systematic review and a call to action

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background Neonatal near-miss (NNM) can be considered as an end of a spectrum that includes stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Clinical audits of NNM might reduce perinatal adverse outcomes.
P.B. Medeiros, C. Bailey, D. Pollock, H. Liley, A. Gordon, C. Andrews, V. Flenady   +6 more
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Assessment of feasibility and acceptability of family-centered care implemented at a neonatal intensive care unit in India

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background A family-centered care (FCC) parent participation program that ensures an infant is not separated from parents against their will was developed for the caring of their small or sick newborn at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Delhi ...
Arti Maria, James A. Litch, Maria Stepanchak, Enisha Sarin, Rashmi Wadhwa, Harish Kumar   +5 more
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Multicountry study protocol of COCOON: COntinuing Care in COVID-19 Outbreak global survey of New, expectant, and bereaved parent experiences

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the provision of healthcare and efficiency of healthcare systems and is likely to have profound implications for pregnant and postpartum women and their families including those who
, Claire Storey, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Abigail Easter, Jane Sandall, Vicki Flenady, Rakhi Dandona, Margaret Murphy, David Ellwood, Sergio A Silverio, Vanphanom Sychareun, Robin Cronin, Billie Bradford, Keelin O'Donoghue, Claudia Ravaldi, Alfredo Vannacci, Inderjeet Kaur, Lesley McCowan, Joemer Calderon Maravilla, Wendy Hall, Caroline Homer, Paul Cassidy, Alison Griffin, Alyce N Wilson, Neelam Aggarwal, Sanne Gordijn, Siobhan A Loughnan, Rupesh Gautam, Frances M Boyle, Jillian Cassidy, Dell Horey, Susannah H Leisher, Francine de Montigny, Paula Quigley, Joycelyn Abiog-Filoteo, Roberto Bonaiuti, Belinda Buenafe, Michelle Carty, Sara Crocker, Joanne Durham, Madeline Forbes, Mechthild M. Gross, Rebecca Guarino, Katharina Hartmann, Guilherme de Jesus, Alonkone Phengsvanh, Wilfredo Quijencio Jr, Larissa Rossen, Jessica Ruidiaz, Alma Taragua, Sowmya Thota, Fatima Vera   +51 more
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Ending preventable stillbirths and improving bereavement care: a scorecard for high- and upper-middle income countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Despite progress, stillbirth rates in many high- and upper-middle income countries remain high, and the majority of these deaths are preventable. We introduce the Ending Preventable Stillbirths (EPS) Scorecard for High- and Upper Middle-Income
Esti Charlotte de Graaff, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Hannah Blencowe, Harriet Lawford, Jillian Cassidy, Paul Richard Cassidy, Elizabeth S. Draper, Alexander E. P. Heazell, Mary Kinney, Paula Quigley, Claudia Ravaldi, Claire Storey, Alfredo Vannacci, the E. P. S. in High-Resource Countries Scorecard Collaboration Group, Vicki Flenady   +14 more
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Implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement initiative to reduce late gestation stillbirths in Australia: Safer Baby Bundle study protocol

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background In 2015, the stillbirth rate after 28 weeks (late gestation) in Australia was 35% higher than countries with the lowest rates globally. Reductions in late gestation stillbirth rates have steadily improved in Australia.
C. J. Andrews, D. Ellwood, P. F. Middleton, A. Gordon, M. Nicholl, C. S. E. Homer, J. Morris, G. Gardener, M. Coory, M. Davies-Tuck, F. M. Boyle, E. Callander, A. Bauman, V. J. Flenady, on behalf of the Safer Baby Bundle collaborators   +14 more
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