OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of maternal age on perinatal and obstetric outcome in women aged 40-44 years and those 45 years or older and to estimate whether adverse outcome was related to intercurrent illness and pregnancy complications. METHODS National prospective, population-based, cohort study in women aged 40-44 years and those 45 years or older and i...

BACKGROUND perinatal mortality is the sum of still birth (fetal death) and early neonatal death (ENND) i.e. death of live newborn before the age of 7 completed days. Perinatal mortality accounts three fourth of the deaths of the neonatal period and is one of the major challenges for under-five mortality. Therefore this study was conducted to better understand the common and avoidable factors th...

Introduction: Perinatal mortality rate (PMR) is the most sensitive index of the health status of women and quality of maternal and child health services. Over 130 million babies are born every year, large numbers of children die soon after birth, many of them in the first 4 weeks of life (neonatal deaths) and most of them in the first week (early neonatal deaths). Objective: The objective of th...

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 liv...

OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in perinatal death rate and associated obstetric risk factors between ethnic groups in the Netherlands. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study based on the 1990-1993 birth cohorts in the National Obstetric Registry. SUBJECTS 569,743 births of which 85,527 were for women belonging to ethnic minorities. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Perinatal death occurring between...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the predictive value for perinatal death of the myocardial performance index (MPI) and aortic isthmus flow index (IFI), as isolated parameters and in a combined model including currently used Doppler indices, in preterm growth restricted (IUGR) fetuses. METHODS Umbilical artery, fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) and ductus venosus (DV) pulsatility indices (PIs) were re...