Encyclopedia: Perinatal Mortality
Perinatal mortality , also perinatal death, refers to the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. Variations in the precise definition of the perinatal mortality exist specifically concerning the issue of inclusion or exclusion of early fetal and late neonatal fatalities. Thus the WHO s definition "Deaths occurring during late pregnancy , during childbirth and up to seven completed days of...
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Aug 29, 2008
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and 41 weeks). The perinatal mortality was similar in both groups (0.56/1000 in the postterm on data collected in 1958.(1) The first question one should ask is whether neonatal mortality
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carries an increased risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Although gestational age was similar New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology...
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