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Perinatal Death: Audit and Classification
Author(s) -
Chang A.,
Keeping J. D.,
Morrison J.,
Esler E. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1979.tb01374.x
Subject(s) - perinatal mortality , medicine , obstetrics , population , audit , pediatrics , low birth weight , perinatal period , pregnancy , fetus , environmental health , genetics , management , economics , biology
Summary: Two hundred and thirteen perinatal deaths occurred in a population of 10,539 deliveries over a 4‐year period. The associated obstetric complications and circumstances were analysed. The majority of perinatal deaths occurred in fetuses in whom there was a serious malformation, or whose birth weight was less than 800 g. Of the 110 deaths which occurred in normal babies weighing 800 g or more, 54 were antepartum, 5 were intrapartum, and 51 were neonatal. The clinical features surrounding these deaths were classified, and their implications discussed.