Fetal and neonatal mortality: a matter of care? Report of a survey in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
| Autor: | V. Wiedijk, M C Tutein Nolthenius-Puylaert, P.E. Treffers, H.I.J. Wildschut, J. Huber |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Birth weight Population Gestational Age Pregnancy Infant Mortality medicine Birth Weight Humans Maternal Health Services education Netherlands Antilles Fetal Death General Environmental Science Cause of death Quality of Health Care Asphyxia education.field_of_study Antepartum haemorrhage business.industry Mortality rate General Engineering Infant Newborn Gestational age General Medicine medicine.disease Infant mortality General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal (Clinical research ed.). 295(6603) |
| ISSN: | 0267-0623 |
| Popis: | A detailed clinicopathological analysis of 223 consecutive fetal and neonatal deaths was carried out in Curacao during 1984 and 1985; this included careful histological examination of 210 infants (94%). The crude death rate was 34.2 per 1000 total births. Malformation was the principal cause of death in 28 cases, antepartum haemorrhage in 19, hypertension in 25, and asphyxia in 35. Death was caused by problems of preterm birth in 68 cases. No specific cause could be found for 34 deaths. Improvement in the quality of obstetric care might substantially reduce both fetal and neonatal death rates. |
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