ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2018
Applying the international classification of diseases to perinatal mortality data, South Africa.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the globally reported International Classification of Diseases to Perinatal Mortality (ICD-PM).Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The global use of the International Classification of Diseases to Perinatal Mortality (ICD-PM): A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- (De)coding perinatal deaths: applying the International Classification of Diseases to perinatal mortality to a perinatal e-registry from 16 hospitals in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.Global health action · 2026Article
- Improving the Documentation of Causes of Death Certificates Based on the International Classification of Diseases Perinatal Mortality (ICD-PM): The Impact of a Mixed Method Approach.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Can International Classification of Disease Perinatal Mortality (ICD-PM) be a solution to overcome neglected tragedy? A scoping reviews.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Factors associated with perinatal and neonatal deaths in Sao Tome & Principe: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Midwives' descriptions of avoidable causes of negative perinatal outcomes.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- The key role of examining the placenta in establishing a probable cause for stillbirth.Placenta · 2022Article
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- Stillbirths in China: a nationwide survey.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2021Article
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- Investigation of stillbirth causes in Suriname: application of the WHO ICD-PM tool to national-level hospital data.Global health action · 2020Article
- The impact of implementing the 2016 WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience on perinatal deaths: an interrupted time-series analysis in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Improving Diagnostic Classification of Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Using ICD-PM (International Classification of Diseases for Perinatal Mortality) Codes: Validation Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2020Article
- Applying the WHO ICD-PM classification system to stillbirths in a major referral Centre in Northeast Nigeria: a retrospective analysis from 2010-2018.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Observational
- The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) database: open-access data collection in maternal and newborn health.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Application of the ICD-PM classification system to stillbirth in four sub-Saharan African countries.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the feasibility of applying the International Classification of Diseases-perinatal mortality (ICD-PM) coding to an existing data set in the classification of perinatal deaths.
methodsOne author, a researcher with a non-clinical public health background, applied the ICD-PM coding system to South Africa's national perinatal mortality audit system, the Perinatal Problem Identification Program. The database for this study included all perinatal deaths (
findingsThe South African classification system does not include the timing of death; however, under the ICD-PM system, deaths could be classified as antepartum (
conclusionThe main benefit of using the clinically relevant and user-friendly ICD-PM system was an enhanced understanding of the data, in terms of both timing of death and maternal conditions. We have also demonstrated that it is feasible to convert an existing perinatal mortality classification system to one which is globally comparable and can inform policy-makers internationally.
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