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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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The impact of endemic and epidemic malaria on the risk of stillbirth in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The impact of malaria on the risk of stillbirth is still under debate. The aim of the present analysis was to determine comparative changes in stillbirth prevalence between two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns in
Brabin Bernard J, Mutabingwa, T. K., Mutabingwa, TK, Wort Ulrika, Brabin, Bernard J, Bernard J Brabin, Wort, Ulrika Uddenfeldt, Hastings, Ian, Hastings Ian, TK Mutabingwa, Ulrika Uddenfeldt Wort, Ulrika Wort, Ian Hastings, Mutabingwa TK, Brabin, Bernard J.   +14 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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Prediction of stillbirth from maternal demographic and pregnancy characteristics [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: To develop a model for prediction of stillbirth based on maternal characteristics and components of medical history and evaluate the performance of screening of this model for all stillbirths and those due to impaired placentation and ...
Nicolaides, K. H., Yerlikaya, G., Akolekar, R., McPherson, K., Syngelaki, A.   +4 more
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Support after stillbirth: Findings from the Parent Voices Initiative Global Registry Project

, 2023
The need for respectful bereavement care following a stillbirth has been poorly recognised within global public health initiatives. To date, there has been no comprehensive cataloguing of providers that support parents after stillbirth, nor any review of
Murphy, Sam
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Relation of antepartum stillbirth to birthweight and gestational age: Prospective cohort study.

, 2023
To investigate the incidence of antepartum stillbirth in relation to the distribution of neonatal/fetal weight for different gestational ages. Prospective observational cohort study. Obstetric ultrasound departments in two UK maternity hospitals. 168 966
Papastefanou, I., Akolekar, R., Ashoor, Ghalia, Syngelaki, Argyro, Nicolaides, Kypros H   +4 more
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Health system readiness to support facilities for care of preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns in Ethiopia: a qualitative assessment

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Preterm birth is a worldwide challenge with the highest burden in low- and middle-income countries. Despite availability of low-cost interventions to decrease mortality of preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns, these interventions are ...
Abubeker Kedir Usman, Eskinder Wolka, Yared Tadesse, Abraham Tariku, Abate Yeshidinber, Alula M. Teklu, Kirsten Senturia, Wendemaghen Gezahegn, James A. Litch, And the Every Preemie–SCALE Ethiopia Implementation Research Collaboration Group   +9 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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