Causes of death among full term stillbirths and early neonatal deaths in the Region of Southern Denmark

Objective: We examined the causes of death amongst full term stillbirths and early neonatal deaths. Methods: Our cohort includes women in the Region of Southern Denmark, who gave birth at full term to a stillborn infant or a neonate who died within the first 7 days from 2010 through 2014. Demographic, biometric and clinical variables were analyzed to assess the causes of death using two classification systems: causes of death and associated conditions (CODAC) and a Danish system based on initial causes of fetal death (INCODE). Results: A total of 95 maternal-infant cases were included. Using the CODAC and INCODE classification systems, we found that the causes of death were unknown in 59/95 (62.1%). The second most common cause of death in CODAC was congenital anomalies in 10/95 (10.5%), similar to INCODE with fetal, genetic, structural and karyotypic anomalies in 11/95 (11.6%). The majority of the mothers were healthy, primiparous, non-smokers, aged 20–34 years and with a normal body mass index (BMI). Conclusion: Based on an unselected cohort from an entire region in Denmark, the cause of stillbirth and early neonatal deaths among full term infants remained unknown for the vast majority..

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2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

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Journal of perinatal medicine - 46(2017), 2 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 197-202

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Basu, Millie Nguyen [VerfasserIn]
Johnsen, Iben Birgit Gade [VerfasserIn]
Wehberg, Sonja [VerfasserIn]
Sørensen, Rikke Guldberg [VerfasserIn]
Barington, Torben [VerfasserIn]
Nørgård, Bente Mertz [VerfasserIn]

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©2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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10.1515/jpm-2017-0171

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OLC2137904756