Perinatal mortality in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Dohuk city, Iraq
Other Title(s)
الوفيات الولادية في مستشفى أزادي التعليمي مدينة دهوك
Joint Authors
Malik, Iman Y.
Abd al-Khaliq, Avian S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2007), pp.4-14, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Duhok College of Medicine
Publication Date
2007-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Background Still birth and perinatal mortality has always been a major problematic issue in clinical practice.
They a devastating experience for the parents specially the mother.
Few local studies have addressed these problems.
Objectives Estimation of the perinatal mortality rate and studying the major local etiological and predisposing factors in order to highlight the preventive strategies and form a base for future plans.
Design and setting A descriptive study was carried out for all perinatal deaths from 1st January to 31st December 2004 at Azadi teaching hospital in Dohuk city, Kurdistan region, Iraq.
Results During the study period, the number of total births recorded was 10879.
There were 427 perinatal deaths giving a perinatal mortality rate of 39.2 per 1000 births.
The ratio of fresh stillbirths to macerated cases was 2/1(126 and 60) respectively.
The direct leading causes behind fresh stillbirths were placental abruption (25.4%), pre-eclampsia (16.7%), and congenital anomalies (14.3%).
The main causes of maceration were pre-eclampsia (33.3%), diabetes mellitus (21.6%) and congenital anomalies (20%).
Prematurity (46.9%), birth asphyxia (19.9%) and congenital anomalies (12.4%) were strongly associated with early neonatal deaths (241 cases).
A significantly higher risk of perinatal death was observed among women under 20 or over 40 years of age, grand-multiparty, low socioeconomic status, and poor antenatal care attendance.
Conclusions The profile of perinatal deaths among the studied group suggests the need for improvement in obstetric care, early referral, and availability of advanced neonatal care services including neonatal screening protocols.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Malik, Iman Y.& Abd al-Khaliq, Avian S.. 2007. Perinatal mortality in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Dohuk city, Iraq. Duhok Medical Journal،Vol. 1, no. 1, pp.4-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Malik, Iman Y.& Abd al-Khaliq, Avian S.. Perinatal mortality in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Dohuk city, Iraq. Duhok Medical Journal Vol. 1, no. 1 (2007), pp.4-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Malik, Iman Y.& Abd al-Khaliq, Avian S.. Perinatal mortality in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Dohuk city, Iraq. Duhok Medical Journal. 2007. Vol. 1, no. 1, pp.4-14.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 10-12
Record ID
BIM-722967