Perinatal Mortality in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1960-62

Fairweather, D. V. I.; Russell, J. K.; Anderson, G.S.; Bird, T.M.; Millar, David; Pearcy, P.A.M.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(66)91276-1

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“…The rate of infection was markedly lower in this series than in some American surveys (Ornoy et al 1976;Naeye 1977) and similar to British and Swedish studies (Fairweather et al 1966;Bergqvist et al 1978;MacVicar & Kerr 1979). Like Bergqvist et al (1978), we found no proven case of listeriosis.…”

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confidence: 84%

Causes of stillbirth: a clinicopathological study of 243 patients

Hovatta

Lipasti

Rapola

et al. 1983

BJOG

101

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Summary. The clinical and autopsy findings in all stillbirths during the years 1974—1979 at the Helsinki University Central Hospital were analysed. There were 243 stillborn infants of whom 200 died before labour. According to the autopsy findings asphyxia accounted for 38% and major malformations for 17% of the deaths, but because of fetal maceration no diagnosis could be made at autopsy in 43%. The cause of death suggested by the clinical findings was placental failure in 57%, cord complication in 12% and major malformations in 17%. The cause of death remained unsolved in 9%. The importance of routine ultrasound and a‐ fetoprotein screening for the detection of unrecognized risk patients is emphasized.

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confidence: 84%

Causes of stillbirth: a clinicopathological study of 243 patients

Hovatta

Lipasti

Rapola

et al. 1983

BJOG

101

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“…The improved results in 1971-72 cannot be explained by changes in the treatment of established hyaline membrane disease, since routine infusion of intravenous 10% dextrose by umbilical vein was introduced in 1960, supplemented by sodium bicarbonate when indicated, and prolonged intermittent positive pressure ventilation was introduced in 1962. Since hyaline membrane disease is by far the commonest cause of death among potentially normal newborn babies in this community (Fairweather et al, 1966), the importance of this observation is self evident.…”

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Can initial resuscitation of preterm babies reduce the death rate from hyaline membrane disease?

Omer¹,

Robson²,

Neligan³

1974

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…6 The availability of accurate population-based gestational age is one of the leading strengths. Newcastle clinicians have a long history of interest in obstetric epidemiology [38][39][40] supported by the Medical Research Council Reproduction and Growth Unit which was housed in one of the two Newcastle maternity hospitals from 1965. As a result, gestational age was assessed by both obstetricians and paediatricians with great care.…”

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Stillbirth and infant mortality in singletons by cause of death, birthweight, gestational age and birthweight-for-gestation, Newcastle upon Tyne 1961-2000

Glinianaia

Rankin

Pearce

et al. 2010

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

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The dramatic reduction observed in stillbirth and infant mortality over the last few decades has not been assessed by both birthweight and gestation. We have explored temporal changes in stillbirth and infant mortality in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, by cause of death, birthweight, gestational age, birthweight standardised for gestation and infant sex during 1961-2000. We included 131 044 singleton births to mothers resident in Newcastle, including 1342 stillbirths and 1620 infant deaths. Cause-, birthweight-, gestational age- and birthweight-for-gestation-specific stillbirth (per 1000 total births) and infant mortality (per 1000 livebirths) rates were compared between 1961-80 and 1981-2000 and between individual consecutive decades. Between 1961 and 2000, total stillbirth and infant mortality rates declined dramatically from 23.4 to 4.7 per 1000 total births and from 25.7 to 5.9 per 1000 livebirths, respectively. Rates fell continuously during the first two study decades; however, from 1981-90 to 1991-2000 the decline was not statistically significant. Between 1961-80 and 1981-2000, both stillbirth and infant mortality significantly declined in all birthweight and gestational age categories and for most leading causes of death. Although the population mean birthweight during 1981-2000 [3304 g (SD +/- 569)] was significantly higher than during 1961-80 [3255 g (SD +/- 572)] (P < 0.0001), the lowest stillbirth and infant mortality rates in 1981-2000 were consistently at about 1 SD above the mean birthweight, with mortality rates increasing for babies with lower or higher weight-for-gestation. Declines in stillbirth and infant mortality in Newcastle were associated with reductions in birthweight- and gestational age-specific mortality rates and occurred in most cause-specific groups of death.

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Perinatal Mortality in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1960-62

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Causes of stillbirth: a clinicopathological study of 243 patients

Causes of stillbirth: a clinicopathological study of 243 patients

Can initial resuscitation of preterm babies reduce the death rate from hyaline membrane disease?

Stillbirth and infant mortality in singletons by cause of death, birthweight, gestational age and birthweight-for-gestation, Newcastle upon Tyne 1961-2000

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