• Characteristics associated with active syphilis were not very useful in targeting women at high risk of having the condition, which makes universal screening in antenatal programmes the most efficacious way to prevent syphilis-associated morbidity and mortality. (nih.gov)
  • Universal screening in antenatal programs is therefore the best way to prevent syphilis-associated morbidity and mortality. (nih.gov)
  • Adverse perinatal outcomes are associated with severe maternal morbidity and mortality: evidence from a national multicentre cross-sectional study. (bvsalud.org)
  • On November 30, 2021, the Assembly Standing Committee on Health and the Assembly Task Force on Women's issues hosted a public hearing to discuss the importance of perinatal care , maternal morbidity and mortality. (hhfamilycenter.org)
  • Part I, Tuberculosis Morbidity and Mortality and Its Control. (degruyter.com)
  • 2 Herruzo A J, Martinez L, Biel E, Robles R, Rosales M A, Miranda J A. Perinatal morbidity and mortality in twin pregnancy. (thieme-connect.de)
  • This multisystem disorder affects millions of women worldwide and is recognized as an important direct cause of maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Low-dose aspirin use for the prevention of morbidity and mortality from preeclampsia: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. (thieme-connect.de)
  • To assess the association between maternal potentially life -threatening conditions (PLTC), maternal near miss (MNM), and maternal death (MD) with perinatal outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Childbirth and maternal morbidity data were related to perinatal adverse outcomes (5th min Apgar score fetal death , neonatal death , or any of these). (bvsalud.org)
  • Among 8271 cases of severe maternal morbidity , there were 714 cases of adverse perinatal outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • We confirmed the association between MNM and MD with adverse perinatal outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Regional perinatal nurse managers meet quarterly to network and to identify ways to change clinical practice that will improve outcomes for mothers and babies in our region. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • is the care mother's recieve before and after birth relating to increasing pregnancy outcomes and decreasing maternal mortality. (hhfamilycenter.org)
  • 11 g/L). Perinatal outcomes included preterm delivery, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, perinatal death, low Apgar scores and intrauterine fetal death. (who.int)
  • Primary outcomes were intrauterine death (IUD), neonatal death, perinatal death (PND) and gestational age at birth. (ox.ac.uk)
  • No discrepancies were found for perinatal outcomes independently validated. (bmj.com)
  • We compared perinatal outcomes with those of studies of low risk hospital births in the United States. (bmj.com)
  • In this study we investigated whether these joint introductions of tobacco control policies in the Netherlands were associated with changes in key perinatal outcomes known to be associated with maternal smoking and/or SHS exposure. (nature.com)
  • She is a Chief Investigator on the NHMRC Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence, a Board Member of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand and on the executive commitee of the IMPACT Network (Improving Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes - Action through Clinical Trials). (groupbstrepinternational.org)
  • In the many overweight and obese women who achieve pregnancy, there are a number of increased and interrelated adverse perinatal outcomes. (health.am)
  • Routine cervical length in twins and perinatal outcomes. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Neonatal mortality and postneonatal mortality (covering the remaining 11 months of the first year of life) are reflected in the infant mortality rate. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women die at 2-3 times the rate of white women, and the infant mortality rate in the U.S. is 2.5 times higher than their White counterparts. (bakerinstitute.org)
  • The factors that contribute to early fetal and infant mortality can be divided into two groups: one contains factors that can usually be prevented, which are called exogenous, socioeconomic or environmental (nutrition, income, sanitation, occupation, etc.), and the other contains factors that are known as endogenous, or associated with development, or biological. (bvsalud.org)
  • As diseases caused by environmental factors were gradually prevented, infant mortality decreased. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is well known what has happened with infant mortality: it has decreased significantly in the post-neonatal (late infant) period and now concentrates on the neonatal period and, within it, on the first days after birth. (bvsalud.org)
  • Due to this fact, studies/analyses of perinatal mortality have been increasingly conducted in order to learn its causes and factors so that it is possible to offer subsidies for action aiming at its reduction and, consequently, at the reduction in neonatal and infant mortality. (bvsalud.org)
  • 32/35 week delivery data, and other data sources to assess and address infant mortality and morbidity. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The contribution of low birth weight to infant mortality and childhood morbidity. (nature.com)
  • In 2017 untreated perinatal mood disorders cost $14 billion in the U.S., which amounts to $31,800 per mother-infant dyad. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Objective: To prospectively review the extent and determinants of perinatal mortality (PNM), at a large Government referral teaching hospital in Karachi and to compare the rate with previous data. (aku.edu)
  • The World Health Organization defines perinatal mortality as the "number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 1,000 total births, the perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation, and ends seven completed days after birth", but other definitions have been used. (wikipedia.org)
  • The PNMR refers to the number of perinatal deaths per 1,000 total births. (wikipedia.org)
  • Maternal mortality ratio refers to the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of the pregnancy per 100,000 live births. (msdmanuals.com)
  • the perinatal mortality coefficient was 12.7 per 1,000 births, 66.7% of the conceptuses were stillbirths and 33.3% were live births who died aged less than 7 days at the same hospital where they were born. (bvsalud.org)
  • Material and Method All hospital births and perinatal deaths were assessed by daily visits to all the maternity hospitals in the city, throughout 1993 and including the first week of 1994. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Results The perinatal mortality rate was 22.1 per thousand births. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • The overall pregnancy-related mortality ratio was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 live births. (cdc.gov)
  • The Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for the United States listed maternal mortality as a priority area for improvement, including specific goals of no more than 3.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births overall, and no more than 5.0 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births among black women (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The pregnancy-related mortality ratios (i.e., pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births) for black women are more than three times higher than for white women (3). (cdc.gov)
  • The perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) was 97.2/1000 total births and still birth rate 73.4/1000 total births. (aku.edu)
  • The intrapartum and neonatal mortality among women considered at low risk at start of labour, excluding deaths concerning life threatening congenital anomalies, was 1.7 deaths per 1000 planned home births, similar to risks in other studies of low risk home and hospital births in North America. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States. (bmj.com)
  • 9 Studies on home birth have been criticised if they have been too small to accurately assess perinatal mortality, unable to distinguish planned from unplanned home births accurately, or retrospective with the potential of bias from selective reporting. (bmj.com)
  • A reduction in SGA births, but not preterm birth or perinatal mortality, was observed in the Netherlands after extension of the smoke-free workplace law to bars and restaurants in conjunction with a tax increase and mass media campaign. (nature.com)
  • We undertook a national quasi-experimental study, which involved analysing the association between the 2004 and 2008 joint introduction of tobacco control policies and perinatal mortality, preterm birth and SGA births using monthly data from a comprehensive dataset of singleton births in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2011. (nature.com)
  • We also calculated maternal mortality ratios, per 100 000 live births, for selected causes of pregnancy-related deaths. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reducing maternal mortality is a priority of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 and the target is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030 and to leave no country with an MMR greater than double the global average [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The epidemiology of perinatal mortality in multiple births. (thieme-connect.com)
  • A modified Nordic-Baltic classification was used for classification of perinatal deaths. (nih.gov)
  • Aberdeen (Obstetric) classification of perinatal deaths was applied in the survey for classification of perinatal causes. (aku.edu)
  • Twin gestations are at significant increased risk for adverse perinatal outcome. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Review of the literature supports that despite the existence of complications unique to monochorionic twin gestations, dichorionic twins sustain an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcome (such as fetal growth restriction) in comparison with singletons, and that close antenatal fetal surveillance of twins should be performed, irrespective of chorionicity. (thieme-connect.de)
  • The majority of the perinatal deaths should be essentially avoidable through improved quality of intrapartum care. (nih.gov)
  • Conclusion: Perinatal deaths are largely the result of poor maternal health, low socio-economic status, lack of health awareness and inadequate care during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period. (aku.edu)
  • Main outcome measures Intrapartum and neonatal mortality, perinatal transfer to hospital care, medical intervention during labour, breast feeding, and maternal satisfaction. (bmj.com)
  • Preterm birth is the most common cause of perinatal mortality, causing almost 30 percent of neonatal deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • Primary outcome measures were: perinatal mortality, preterm birth and being small-for-gestational age (SGA). (nature.com)
  • 4 Ananth CV, Joseph KS, Demissie K, Vintzileos AM. Trends in twin preterm birth subtypes in the United States, 1989 through 2000: impact on perinatal mortality. (thieme-connect.com)
  • It has been written for anyone who is interested in perinatal medicine and wishes to be part of the global strategy for prevention and control of perinatal mortality. (e-booksdirectory.com)
  • The endogenous factors (whose prevention is more difficult) have maintained a slower reduction rate for fetal and early neonatal mortality. (bvsalud.org)
  • To further understand and evaluate the risk factors for and leading causes of pregnancy-related death, the National Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System was initiated in 1988 by CDC's Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, in collaboration with the CDC/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Maternal Mortality Study Group (8). (cdc.gov)
  • Documenting the burden and the risk factors for perinatal asphyxia-related mortality is key to its prevention. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The disparity between pregnancy-related mortality ratios for black women and white women increased from 3.4 times greater in 1987 to 4.1 times greater in 1990. (cdc.gov)
  • Interpretation: Pregnancy-related mortality ratios for black women continued, as noted in previously published surveillance reports, to be three to four times higher than those for white women. (cdc.gov)
  • We calculated mortality incidence rates and incidence rate ratios per 10000 WRAs and pregnant women (with 95% confidence intervals), in international classification of disease groups, using negative binomial models, and compared them between the two surveys. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Zimbabwe is among Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries with high maternal mortality ratios (MMR), though the country's MMR has been gradually declining over the years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Description of System: The National Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System was initiated in 1988 by CDC in collaboration with the CDC/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Maternal Mortality Study Group. (cdc.gov)
  • The pregnancy-related mortality ratio for black women was consistently higher than for white women for every risk factor examined by race. (cdc.gov)
  • The risk factors evaluated in this analysis confirmed the disparity in pregnancy-related mortality between white women and black women, but the reason(s) for this difference could not be determined from the available information. (cdc.gov)
  • Actions Taken: Continued surveillance and additional studies should be conducted to assess the magnitude of pregnancy-related mortality, to identify those differences that contribute to the continuing race-specific disparity in pregnancy-related mortality, and to provide information that policy makers can use to develop effective strategies to prevent pregnancy-related mortality for all women. (cdc.gov)
  • Perinatal mortality and morbidity in triplet pregnancy according to chorionicity: systematic review and meta-analysis. (ox.ac.uk)
  • 1 Medearis A L, Jonas A S, Stockbauer J W, Domke H R. Perinatal death in twin pregnancy: a five year analysis of statewide statistics in Missouri. (thieme-connect.de)
  • The maternal outcome was studied in terms of type of labour, outcome of pregnancy, mode of delivery, indication of cesarean section, and maternal mortality. (hindawi.com)
  • Deaths from indirect causes declined mainly due to a reduction in HIV/AIDS-related and malaria mortality, while deaths from direct causes declined because of a reduction in obstetric haemorrhage and pregnancy-related infections. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Congenital heart defects in Europe: prevalence and perinatal mortality, 2000 to 2005. (unil.ch)
  • Variations in the precise definition of the perinatal mortality exist, specifically concerning the issue of inclusion or exclusion of early fetal and late neonatal fatalities. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to "State of the World's Children 2021" from Unicef, the maternal mortality rate in Viet Nam in 2017 was 43. (melodyi.net)
  • This is a very important training for all healthcare providers involved in perinatal loss management, but I also want to especially encourage the many doulas who are attending ICGBS 2021 to access this training to better be able to advocate for the mothers they are caring for in the event of perinatal loss. (groupbstrepinternational.org)
  • Conclusions Irrespective of education, we find excess mortality in childless mothers with a perinatal loss. (bmj.com)
  • Increased mortality in mothers with one perinatal loss and surviving children was limited to mothers with low education. (bmj.com)
  • When studying mortality in childless mothers with a perinatal loss, women without children and perinatal losses would have been the optimal reference. (bmj.com)
  • Few maternal deaths among mothers with high education and perinatal losses introduce uncertainty. (bmj.com)
  • The main outcome that the researchers looked for in mothers was pelvic floor dysfunction, while the main baby outcome studied was asthma , and the main outcome of future pregnancies was perinatal death. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: The incidence of perinatal mortality and morbidity in triplet pregnancies according to chorionicity is yet to be established. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Analysis of the MMR evaluates efforts to reduce the levels, while analysis of the causes of death identifies the aetiologies to target with ongoing interventions to reduce maternal mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Objective To assess the association between perinatal losses and mother's long-term mortality and modification by surviving children and attained education. (bmj.com)
  • Random-effects meta-analysis was used to estimate the risk of mortality and morbidity and to compute the difference in gestational age at birth between TCTA and DCTA triplet pregnancies. (ox.ac.uk)
  • 4 Chitrit Y, Filidori M, Pons J C, Duyme M, Papiernik E. Perinatal mortality in twin pregnancies: a 3 year analysis in Seine Saint-Denis (France). (thieme-connect.de)
  • 6 Spellacy W N, Handler A, Ferre C D. A case control study of 1253 twin pregnancies from a 1982-1987 perinatal data base. (thieme-connect.de)
  • The potential for a programme to prevent congenital syphilis in the perinatal, neonatal, and post-neonatal periods is evident. (nih.gov)
  • To the statisticians, the use of this concept facilitated international comparisons, and clinicians and epidemiologists realized that the two components of perinatal mortality were subject to the same causal factors, of prenatal and intranatal nature. (bvsalud.org)
  • 13 Rodis J F, McIlveen P F, Egan J FX, Borgida A F, Turner G W, Campbell W A. Monoamniotic twins: improved perinatal survival with accurate prenatal diagnosis and antenatal surveillance. (thieme-connect.de)
  • 11 g/L). Les issues périnatales comprenaient la naissance prématurée, le faible poids de naissance, le retard de croissance intra-utérine, le décès périnatal, le faible score d'Apgar et le décès in utero du foetus. (who.int)
  • Les nouveau-nés des femmes anémiques avaient en outre un risque 1,8 fois supérieur d'avoir un faible score d'Apgar à 1 minute et il y avait un risque de décès in utero du foetus 3,7 fois plus élevé chez les femmes anémiques que chez les femmes non anémiques. (who.int)
  • Neonatal mortality is affected by the quality of in-hospital care for the neonate. (wikipedia.org)
  • We conducted a retrospective analysis of perinatal mortality at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1999-2003 in order to categorise/classify perinatal deaths as well as to identify key factors in perinatal care that could be improved. (nih.gov)
  • Establishment of perinatal audit at MNH can help identify key actions for improved care. (nih.gov)
  • Maternal and child health programs, such as Healthy Start, are an important gateway to increasing awareness, education, and referral to perinatal care and mental health services. (bakerinstitute.org)
  • We support regional perinatal specialty groups by facilitating and providing communication among providers of perinatal care. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The foetal complications and outcome parameters were birth weight, Apgar score at the time of birth and at five minutes, need of high dependency unit care, and perinatal mortality. (hindawi.com)
  • Main outcome measures Main outcome measures were age-specific (40-69 years) cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Perinatal mortality (PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The adjusted odds of mortality for neonate with meconium-stained liquor were about 1900 times higher compared to clear meconium (aOR =1895, P = 0.02, 95%CI = 2.7 to 13072). (ox.ac.uk)
  • In collaboration with the Division of Neonatology faculty and staff and maternal fetal medicine specialists from the University of Cincinnati Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and TriHealth's Tri-State Maternal-Fetal Medicine Associates , we coordinate perinatal mortality and morbidity conferences at regional delivery hospitals. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The Perinatal Outreach Simulation Program is currently providing custom in-situ simulation-based neonatal resuscitation scenarios to Level I and II hospitals in the Cincinnati Children's service area. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The Perinatal Institute Clinical Quality Improvement Manager works with our partner Level II and III hospitals on clinical quality improvement projects using evidence-based quality improvement tools and methodology. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • Monochorionic twins are at further risk for type-specific perinatal complications, for example, twin-twin transfusion syndrome. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Trends in fetal and perinatal mortality are also examined. (cdc.gov)
  • Reducing maternal mortality is a priority of Sustainable Development Goal 3.1 which requires frequent epidemiological analysis of trends and patterns of the causes of maternal deaths. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The goal was to document the factors associated with mortality in perinatal asphyxia in a tertiary health facility in Nigeria. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The aim of this systematic review was to quantify perinatal mortality and morbidity in trichorionic triamniotic (TCTA), dichorionic triamniotic (DCTA) and monochorionic triamniotic (MCTA) triplets. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Despite the existence of a simple screening test for syphilis and the continued effectiveness of penicillin in treating the disease, syphilis remains a largely ignored maternal and perinatal health problem in most sub-Saharan African countries. (nih.gov)
  • In this cohort study, the association of mul- a major public health problem especially tiple effects of anaemia on perinatal out- among poorer segments of the population come were studied among the pregnant in developing countries such as India, Paki- women attending the Obstetrics Depart- stan and Bangladesh [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • Through reducing maternal smoking and SHS exposure, tobacco control policies have considerable potential to benefit perinatal health. (nature.com)
  • The 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, which has been in force in Brazil since 1996 2 , changed the definition of perinatal period: it ranges from 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation (the time when birth weight is normally 500g) to 6 completed days after birth. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mortality in the WRAs decreased by 82% in diseases of the respiratory system and 81% in certain infectious or parasitic diseases' groups, which include HIV/AIDS and malaria. (biomedcentral.com)