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A routine system for monitoring perinatal deaths in Scotland
Author(s) -
MCILWAINE GILLIAN M.,
DUNN FRANCES H.,
HOWAT ROBERT C.,
SMALLS MARY,
WYLLIE MARGARET M.,
MACNAUGHTON MALCOLM C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb01041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perinatal mortality , singleton , infant mortality , fetal death , pediatrics , gestation , data collection , pregnancy , obstetrics , environmental health , fetus , population , statistics , genetics , mathematics , biology
Summary. Since 1983 the monitoring of perinatal deaths in Scotland has been incorporated into the established data collection system which monitors maternal and child health in Scotland. This paper describes the transition from a research project to the routine system and the extension of the data collection to include paediatric and pathological findings. This information is provided by local co‐ordinators in active clinical practice. Baseline data are obtained from the routine maternity discharge document (SMR 2). A summary of the findings for the first 4 years of the study, 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1981 is presented, including information about birthweight and gestation‐specific perinatal mortality rates; perinatal mortality rates by time of death in relation to labour and singleton and multiple perinatal mortality rates by the obstetric complication preceding the death.