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Factors associated with fresh stillbirths in Livingstone district, Zambia.
Introduction: Over a million fresh stillbirths occur every year, and they are attributed to acute intrapartum events. Good, timely and appropriate midwifery care provided by skilled attendants in an environment that is favourable prevents or at least decreases the incidence of fresh stillbirths. …
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Factors associated with fresh stillbirths in Livingstone district, Zambia.
Introduction: Over a million fresh stillbirths occur every year, and they are attributed to acute intrapartum events. Good, timely and appropriate midwifery care provided by skilled attendants in an environment that is favourable prevents or at least decreases the incidence of fresh stillbirths. …
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Risk Factors associated with high prevalence of stillbirths in Capricorn District, Limpopo Province
… guilt and grief for the mother. About half of stillbirths occur during childbirth, especially in developing countries. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2016), risk factors include maternal age over 35, smoking, drug use, and first pregnancy. Purpose of …
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An analysis of the antecedents of unexplained stillbirths in Western Australia (1980-1993)
… combinations of antecedents are associated with stillbirths that are currently considered to be unexplained. Background: Between 1980 -1993 in Western Australia. 2569 babies were delivered stillborn. No sufficient cause of death could be identified for 1291 of these babies. This is a significant …
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An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support midwives affected by maternal deaths and stillbirths in Khomas region, Namibia
… Khomas Region because it has the highest MD and Stillbirths (SBs) in Namibia. The study aimed to develop an EAP that supports midwives affected by maternal deaths and stillbirths in the Khomas Region. The study was conducted with a pragmatic worldview at two public referral hospitals in the …
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Retrospective analysis of abandoned live births, stillbirths and non-viable foetuses admitted to Salt River Mortuary, Cape Town
… These cases comprise non-viable foetuses and stillbirths (natural deaths), as well as abandoned live births (unnatural deaths); the latter having possible legal consequences. To describe the profile of abandoned neonates and obtain a global perspective of the post-mortem investigation in such …
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Factors associated with stillbirths during intrapartum care at the Windhoek central hospital and intermediate hospital Katutura, Khomas region, Namibia
Intrapartum stillbirths account for 1.3 million deaths worldwide, which is half of all stillbirths occurring during labour and delivery. NSA (2020), states that the current stillbirths’ rate in Namibia is not calculated due to the limitations of data. The present study investigated factors …
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The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an era of universal art in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Annually, approximately 1.9 million stillbirths occur globally, with a rate of 13.9 per 1000 births. The devastating aftermath affects around 4.2 million mothers, and 75% of stillbirths are concentrated in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) particularly, with a rate of 32.2 per …
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The association between maternal HIV and stillbirths in an era of universal art in pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Annually, approximately 1.9 million stillbirths occur globally, with a rate of 13.9 per 1000 births. The devastating aftermath affects around 4.2 million mothers, and 75% of stillbirths are concentrated in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) particularly, with a rate of 32.2 per …
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Determining stillbirth data reporting systems in Africa
Background Stillbirths are an important public health concern, with an estimated 1.9 million stillbirths occurring globally each year, more between 2020-2021 data. However, the recording, investigation, and classification of stillbirths vary across countries, leading to inconsistencies in data …
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The effect of introducing Basic Antenatal Care Plus and Umbiflow on antenatal care and perinatal mortality
Objective: Stillbirths are a global challenge, especially in South Africa where we rank 50th of 54 upper middle income-countries in the world and 6th of 7 in Africa. The majority of antenatal stillbirths are categorised as unexplained or secondary to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). …
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Patient charactaristics and outcomes in antepartum haemorrhage due to placenta praevia and abruptio placenta at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… shock, DIC and PPH) and fetal outcomes included stillbirths and birth weight.Results: A total of 72 patients with APH were recruited. Of these, 40 (55.6%) cases had placenta praevia and 32 (44.4%) had abruptio placenta. The significant difference in patient characteristic was pregnancy-induced …
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Patient charactaristics and outcomes in antepartum haemorrhage due to placenta praevia and abruptio placenta at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… shock, DIC and PPH) and fetal outcomes included stillbirths and birth weight.Results: A total of 72 patients with APH were recruited. Of these, 40 (55.6%) cases had placenta praevia and 32 (44.4%) had abruptio placenta. The significant difference in patient characteristic was pregnancy-induced …
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Intervention strategies which enable families to be reunified and foster a successful case closure within the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Social Services
… or drug abuse include a high incidence of stillbirths, fetal distress, asphyxia, prematurity, low birth weight, pneumonia, congenital malformations, cerebral infarction, and an increased risk to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Intervention strategies which enable families to be reunified and foster a successful case closure within the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Social Services
… or drug abuse include a high incidence of stillbirths, fetal distress, asphyxia, prematurity, low birth weight, pneumonia, congenital malformations, cerebral infarction, and an increased risk to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Obstetric Outcome in Teenage Pregnancies at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
… preterm labour, low birth weight babies, stillbirths, cephalopelvic disproportion and obstructed labour with its resultant complications.This was a retrospective study at UTH over 1996 which looked at the incidence of teenage pregnancy and its obstetric outcome. The incidence of teenage …
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Obstetric Outcome in Teenage Pregnancies at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
… preterm labour, low birth weight babies, stillbirths, cephalopelvic disproportion and obstructed labour with its resultant complications.This was a retrospective study at UTH over 1996 which looked at the incidence of teenage pregnancy and its obstetric outcome. The incidence of teenage …
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Aberrant segregation in human populations
… late prenatal death (LPRE), up to nine months; stillbirths, more than nine months. LPRE increased significantly (but non-linearly) with inbreeding but EPRE and stillbirths did not; regressions for LPRE and stillbirths differed significantly. Postnatal death was divided into three classes (which …
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Factors associated with stillbirth and assessment of maternal health awareness among residents of northern Ghana
Globally, 14 stillbirths per 1,000 births occur annually. Most of these deaths occur in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana’s stillbirth rate ranges from 13 – 20 per 1,000 births. The northern zone is as high as 20 per 1,000 births. The Early Newborn Action Plan aims at 12 per 1,000 births. This …
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Prevalence of antibodies to Bovine Leukemia virus, Neospora caninum and risk factors, and biosecurity practices in beef cow-calf herds in Canada.
… with manure handling equipment," "abortion and stillbirths left for canids" and "number of sightings of wild canids per year (categorized into three categories: less than 10 times per year, 11 – 25 times per year, and greater than 26 times per year) were positively associated with herd …
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