Perinatal and neonatal mortality in Northwest Greece (1996–2004)
| Autor: | Nikolaos Krallis, Aikaterini Drougia, Styliani Andronikou, E. Hotoura, K. Pantou, M. Papassava |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Referral Greece/epidemiology Gestational Age Antenatal steroid Perinatal Mortality/*trends Pregnancy medicine Birth Weight Humans Sex Distribution Perinatal Mortality Cause of death Greece Respiratory distress Neonatal mortality Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age medicine.disease Perinatal asphyxia Low birth weight Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 23:1237-1243 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4954 1476-7058 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: An improvement in perinatal mortality is reported in various countries. This is a retrospective analysis of perinatal and neonatal mortality in Northwest (NW) Greece. METHODS: Analysis was made of the births and deaths register in NW Greece and records of the regional referral tertiary care center and the National Hospitals at the same area for the period 1996-2004. Perinatal mortality was analysed according to birthweight (BW) and gestational age (GA) for two separate periods, 1996-1999 (I) and 2000-2004 (II), corresponding to an increase in antenatal steroid use from 20% to 63%. RESULTS: Neonatal mortality improved between the two periods in infants with very low BW [very low birth weight (VLBW) |
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