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ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2019

Aetiology and trends of rates of stillbirth in a tertiary care hospital in the north of India over 10 years: a retrospective study.

B Sharma, Grv Prasad, N Aggarwal, S Siwatch, V Suri, N Kakkar

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Article in BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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B SharmaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Grv PrasadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
N AggarwalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
S SiwatchDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
V SuriDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
N KakkarDepartment of Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Abstract

objectiveTo analyse the aetiology of stillbirth and its changing trends in a single tertiary care referral institute of northern India over a 10-year period (2007-2016).

designRetrospective study.

settingTertiary care hospital in the north of India. SAMPLE: Medical records of all mothers who delivered a stillborn at the institute.

methodsData was collected from monthly and annual perinatal audits and causes of stillbirths were classified using Simplified CODAC classification. Annual reduction rate was calculated by linear regression analysis and Cusick test for the changing trends over 9 years.

main outcome measuresOf 54 160 births, 3678 babies were stillborn. Over 9 years, the annual stillbirth rate has reduced significantly from 73.6 to 62.0 per 1000 total births with an average annual reduction rate of 1%. The most common causes of stillbirths were hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (27.6%), antepartum haemorrhage (19.5%), and congenital anomalies (9.3%).

conclusionThe annual reduction rate (1%) of stillbirth remains low. The aetiology of stillbirths remains unchanged over a 10-year period and hypertensive disorder of pregnancy remains the single most preventable cause of stillbirth. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Analysis of stillbirths over a 10-year period in an Indian institute showed a high but declining trend with annual reduction rate of 1%.

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Cause of DeathAdultFemaleFetal DiseasesGestational AgeHumansIndiaPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPrenatal CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsStillbirthTertiary Care CentersYoung AdultCause of death associated condition (CODAC) classificationhypertensive disease of pregnancylow-/middle-income countriesstillbirthstillbirth rate

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