{"title":"Understanding perinatal mortality","authors":"Chivon Winsloe, Dharmintra Pasupathy","doi":"10.1016/j.ogrm.2023.10.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The term perinatal mortality refers to antepartum and </span>intrapartum<span> stillbirths<span>, and early neonatal deaths. Although the overall rate of perinatal mortality is falling in high-income countries, a slower rate of reduction in stillbirths has been seen. In high income countries antenatal stillbirth contributes to a large proportion of overall stillbirths. This article explores the causes of perinatal mortality and the recent evidence and interventions and their impacts on reducing perinatal mortality in the high-income settings.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":53410,"journal":{"name":"Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751721423001690","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The term perinatal mortality refers to antepartum and intrapartum stillbirths, and early neonatal deaths. Although the overall rate of perinatal mortality is falling in high-income countries, a slower rate of reduction in stillbirths has been seen. In high income countries antenatal stillbirth contributes to a large proportion of overall stillbirths. This article explores the causes of perinatal mortality and the recent evidence and interventions and their impacts on reducing perinatal mortality in the high-income settings.
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Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine is an authoritative and comprehensive resource that provides all obstetricians, gynaecologists and specialists in reproductive medicine with up-to-date reviews on all aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology. Over a 3-year cycle of 36 issues, the emphasis of the journal is on the clear and concise presentation of information of direct clinical relevance to specialists in the field and candidates studying for MRCOG Part II. Each issue contains review articles on obstetric and gynaecological topics. The journal is invaluable for obstetricians, gynaecologists and reproductive medicine specialists, in their role as trainers of MRCOG candidates and in keeping up to date across the broad span of the subject area.