OBJECTIVES (1) To investigate the experiences of women with a previous stillbirth and their appraisal of the care they received at the hospital. (2) To assess the long-term level of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in this group and identify risk factors for this outcome. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING Two university hospitals. PARTICIPANTS The study population comprised 379 w...

BACKGROUND Babies of mothers with psychotic disorders are known to have higher rates of poor obstetric outcome, including higher mortality rates. OBJECTIVE To estimate risks of stillbirth and neonatal death by specific causes in babies of mothers with histories of severe mental illness, relative to the general population. METHODS A cohort of 1.45 million live births and 7021 stillbirths dur...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is associated with stillbirth. STUDY DESIGN Geo-spatial population-based cohort study using Ohio birth records (2006-2010) and local measures of PM2.5, recorded by the EPA (2005-2010) via 57 monitoring stations across Ohio. Geographic coordinates of the mother's residence for each birth were linked to the...

INTRODUCTION Death of a fetus in-utero or intrapartum is both devastating to the couple and of concern to the clinician. Identifying the etiological and risk factors of stillbirths will help in the prevention or reduction of its occurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective observational study of all stillbirths over a 16-month period (from January 2006 to April 2007) at the matern...

BACKGROUND Stillbirth rate is an important indicator of access to and quality of antenatal and delivery care. Obtaining overall estimates across various regions of the world is not straightforward due to variation in definitions, data collection methods and reporting. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of a range of pregnancy-related conditions including stillbirths and performed meta-a...

BACKGROUND There is limited evidence suggesting that prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants may increase the risk of stillbirth, but previous epidemiological studies have not elaborated the most susceptible gestational period for the effects of air pollution exposure on stillbirth. OBJECTIVES We estimated associations between exposure to ambient air pollutants and stillbirth, with specia...

background: perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. this study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in mobini hospital of sabzevar, iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at mobini hospital of sabzevar. our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and live...