BACKGROUND Newborns are at the greatest risk for dying during the intrapartum period, including labor and delivery, and the first day of life. Fetal heart rate monitoring (FHRM) and partogram use to track labor progress are evidence-based techniques that can help to identify maternal and fetal risk factors so that these can be addressed early. The objective of this study was to assess health wo...

Consultants with experience of GP intrapartum care believe it is safe for the low-risk woman. However, GPs are perceived as lacking enthusiasm and as having varying degrees of obstetric expertise. Consultants feel that women themselves are not requesting more intrapartum care from GPs.

BACKGROUND No studies have examined the effect of socioeconomic deprivation on antepartum and intrapartum stillbirths in the poorest women in low income countries. METHODOLOGY/ PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This study used data from a prospective population based surveillance system involving all women of childbearing age and their babies in rural Ghana. The primary objective was to evaluate association...

Knowledge of stillbirth recurrence risk is of clinical interest and may give etiological insight. The authors studied "gestational age-" and "weight-by-gestation-specific" stillbirth recurrence, and evaluated time trends in a population-based cohort study from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, from 1967 to 2004. Singleton births, including stillbirths from 20 weeks' gestation, were linked t...

Hospital and community studies were conducted in Central Sudan during 1989 and 1990 to determine the association between maternal malaria and perinatal mortality. There were 197 cases of stillbirth and 812 controls in the hospital study. In the community study, 36 perinatal and 31 neonatal deaths were compared with 1,505 and 1,495 survivors of the early neonatal and entire neonatal periods, res...

BACKGROUND Stillbirth rates remain nearly ten times higher in low-middle income countries (LMIC) than high income countries. In LMIC, where nearly 98% of stillbirths worldwide occur, few population-based studies have documented characteristics or care for mothers with stillbirths. Non-macerated stillbirths, those occurring around delivery, are generally considered preventable with appropriate o...

Introduction: Prevalence of stillbirth is available item for prenatal care. Its prevalence is different in other region of the worlds because of definition and data connection. Prevalence of stillbirth is less than 1% in developed countries and developing countries 3%. The regular attention to prenatal care is essential for reducing stillbirth prevalence. The aim of study was to determine preva...

The purposes of this study were to estimate the effects of risk factors on stillbirth parturition and evaluatethe effects of stillbirth on lactation performance in Holstein dairy cows. Data were obtained from a dairycattle herd located in Isfahan province, Iran. The logit of the probability of stillbirth was modeled usinglogistic regression and the effect of stillbirth on lactation performance ...

BACKGROUND In contrast to other pregnancy complications the economic impact of stillbirth is poorly understood. We aimed to carry out a preliminary exploration of the healthcare costs of stillbirth from the time of pregnancy loss and the period afterwards; also to explore and include the impact of a previous stillbirth on the healthcare costs of the next pregnancy. METHODS A structured review...

BACKGROUND Compared to other pregnancy-related events, the full cost of stillbirth remains poorly described. In the UK one in every 200 births ends in stillbirth. As a follow-up to a recent study which explored the direct costs of stillbirth, this study aimed to explore the intangible costs of stillbirth in terms of their duration and economic implication. METHODS Systematic searches identifi...