)reliable statistical reporting systems for a few countries extending back to World War II show that perinatal mortality rates have continuously fallen. To understand the reasons for this trend, 2 kinds of studies must be distinguished: studies which relate observed perinatal mortality rates or changes in rates to social, demographic, and other factors; and studies which set out "experimental...

OBJECTIVE To document the impact of severe obstetric complications on post-partum health in mothers and mortality in babies over 12 months in Benin and to assess whether severe complications associated with perinatal death are particularly likely to lead to adverse health consequences. METHODS Cohort study which followed women and their babies after a severe complication or an uncomplicated c...

In this article I bring a transpersonal perinatal anthropological perspective to the study of three fathers' near-death-like experiences. I com pare Kenneth Ring's descriptions of prototypical near-death experiences (NDEs) with the "spiritual emergencies" of these three New Zealand men during their partners' pregnancies. Their experiences show significant similarities to the classic NDE pattern...

INTRODUCTION The aims were to describe causes of death associated with unplanned out-of-institution births, and to study whether they could be prevented. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective population-based observational study based on data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and medical records. Between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2013, 69 perinatal deaths among 6027 unplanned out-of...

BACKGROUND Uganda like many developing countries still experiences high levels of maternal and perinatal deaths despite a decade of maternal and perinatal death review (MPDR) program. Oyam district has been implementing MPDR since 2008 with varying successes among the health facilities. This paper presents the factors that influence the conduct of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Oyam Di...

BACKGROUND Aboriginal populations are at substantially higher risks of adverse birth outcomes, perinatal and infant mortality than their non-Aboriginal counterparts even in developed countries including Australia, U.S. and Canada. There is a lack of data on recent trends in Canada. METHODS We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study (n = 254,410) using the linked vital events r...

the term congenital hypopituitarism defines deficiency of all of the pituitary hormones. hypoglycemia and microphallus (in males) are common findings, and some infants have shown evidence of the neonatal hepatitis syndrome. we report a case of congenital panhypopituitarism with deficiency of six major hormones and association with severe hypoglycemia, impaired liver function tests and congenita...

objective assessment of risk predictors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year of age in term and near-term infants. material & methods this case-control study was a representative sample of infants from different health-care centers of north and east of tehran. the association between risk factors and delayed motor development (developmental quotient below 70 indicating a significant...

background :reduction of neonatal mortality rate can improve health and newborn status of the society. this study was done to evaluate the prevalence and patternof causes for neonatal mortality in gorgan, north of iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on all birth in the maternity dezyani hospital in gorgan, north of iran during 1 september 2008 -31 march 2011 ....

Objective To determine perinatal and pregnancy outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii infection using clinicopathologic material from pregnant women, neonates, and perinatal postmortem examinations with positive cultures. Study Design This is a retrospective record review with placental and postmortem examination. Results During a 5-year period, 40 positive cultures were found. Three pregnancies w...