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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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My Baby’s Movements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to raise maternal awareness of fetal movements during pregnancy study protocol

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Stillbirth is a devastating pregnancy outcome that has a profound and lasting impact on women and families. Globally, there are over 2.6 million stillbirths annually and progress in reducing these deaths has been slow.
V. Flenady, G. Gardener, F. M. Boyle, E. Callander, M. Coory, C. East, D. Ellwood, A. Gordon, K. M. Groom, P. F. Middleton, J. E. Norman, K. A. Warrilow, M. Weller, A. M. Wojcieszek, C. Crowther, on behalf of the IMPACT Clinical Trials Network for Mothers’ and Babies’ Health   +15 more
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Genetic Evaluations of Stillbirth for Five United States Dairy Breeds: A Data-Resource Feasibility Study

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Genetic selection has been an effective strategy to improve calving traits including stillbirth in dairy cattle. The primary objectives of the present study were to characterize stillbirth data and determine the feasibility of implementing routine ...
Anil Sigdel, Anil Sigdel, Xiao-Lin Wu, Xiao-Lin Wu, Kristen L. Parker Gaddis, H. Duane Norman, José A. Carrillo, Javier Burchard, Francisco Peñagaricano, João Dürr   +9 more
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The prevalence of stillbirths and the probable causes in low resource settings in south-east Nigeria

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022
Background: Stillbirth is a devastating pregnancy outcome, with resultant emotional and psychological trauma to the affected family. Objectives: We investigated the prevalence and probable causes of stillbirths in four tertiary hospitals in south-east ...
Euzebus C Ezugwu, George U Eleje, Sunday G Mba, Leonard O Ajah, Chukwunonso I Enechukwu, George O Ugwu, Polycap U Agu, Hyginus U Ezegwui   +7 more
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Referral systems for preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns in Ethiopia: a qualitative assessment

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background A responsive and well-functioning newborn referral system is a cornerstone to the continuum of child health care; however, health system and client-related barriers negatively impact the referral system.
Alula M. Teklu, James A. Litch, Alemu Tesfahun, Eskinder Wolka, Berhe Dessalegn Tuamay, Hagos Gidey, Wondimye Ashenafi Cheru, Kirsten Senturia, Wendemaghen Gezahegn, And the Every Preemie–SCALE Ethiopia Implementation Research Collaboration Group   +9 more
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A stillbirth calculator: Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model to quantify stillbirth risk. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
OBJECTIVE:To generate a clinical prediction tool for stillbirth that combines maternal risk factors to provide an evidence based approach for the identification of women who will benefit most from antenatal testing for stillbirth prevention.
Amanda S Trudell, Methodius G Tuuli, Graham A Colditz, George A Macones, Anthony O Odibo   +4 more
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Protocol for the development and validation of a risk prediction model for stillbirths from 35 weeks gestation in Australia

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2020
Background Despite advances in the care of women and their babies in the past century, an estimated 1.7 million babies are born still each year throughout the world.
Jessica K. Sexton, Michael Coory, Sailesh Kumar, Gordon Smith, Adrienne Gordon, Georgina Chambers, Gavin Pereira, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Lisa Hilder, Philippa Middleton, Anneka Bowman, Scott N. Lieske, Kara Warrilow, Jonathan Morris, David Ellwood, Vicki Flenady   +15 more
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Stillbirth in term and late term gestations in Stockholm during a 20-year period, incidence and causes.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionThe incidence of stillbirth has decreased marginally or remained stable during the past decades in high income countries. A recent report has shown Stockholm to have a lower incidence of stillbirth at term than other parts of Sweden. The risk
Hanna Åmark, Christina Pilo, Ingela Hulthén Varli   +2 more
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Incidence and sociodemographic, living environment and maternal health associations with stillbirth in a tertiary healthcare setting in Kano, Northern Nigeria

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Almost two million stillbirths occur annually, most occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Nigeria is reported to have one of the highest stillbirth rates on the African continent.
Rebecca Milton, F. Modibbo, D. Gillespie, F. I. Alkali, A. S. Mukaddas, A. Kassim, F. H. Sa’ad, F. M. Tukur, R. Y. Khalid, M. Y. Muhammad, M. Bello, C. P. Edwin, E. Ogudo, K. C. Iregbu, L. Jones, K. Hood, P. Ghazal, J. Sanders, B. Hassan, F. J. Belga, T. R. Walsh   +20 more
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