Understanding perinatal mortality

Matias Costa Vieira; Dharmintra Pasupathy

doi:10.1016/j.ogrm.2016.09.006

Understanding perinatal mortality

Matias Costa Vieira, Dharmintra Pasupathy

Women & Children's Health

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Abstract

The term perinatal death is used to describe antepartum and intrapartum stillbirths, and early neonatal deaths. Although the overall rate of perinatal mortality is falling, a slower rate of reduction has been observed in stillbirth compared to neonatal death. Antenatal stillbirth contributes to a greater proportion of cases in high income countries and associated risk factors include maternal age, smoking, obesity and small for gestational age fetus. At term, intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal death are collectively referred to as delivery related perinatal death, and the incidence in nulliparous and multiparous women is approximately 1 in 1000 and 1 in 2000 births, respectively. Associated factors include advanced maternal age, small for gestational age, fetal macrosomia, breech labour and previous caesarean delivery. The impact of obstetric interventions in labour on delivery related perinatal death, including rising rates of caesarean delivery, is complex and unclear.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	347-353
Journal	Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2016.09.006
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Oct 2016

Keywords

antepartum stillbirth
early neonatal death
intrapartum stillbirth
perinatal mortality
term births

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