11. Perinatal deaths

Observations on 1,078 perinatal deaths.

A cause of death is the morbid condition or other disease process, abnormality, or injury leading directly or indirectly to death ... From the standpoint of the prevention of deaths it is important to cut the chain of events or institute the cure at some point. The most effective public health objective, of course, is to prevent the precipitating cause from operating. For this purpose the most ...

Audit for reducing perinatal deaths in Nepal.

Driving deaths and injuries post-9/11

OBJECTIVES In the days immediately following the terror attacks of 9/11, thousands of Americans chose to drive rather than to fly. We analyzed highway accident data to determine whether or not the number of fatalities and injuries following 9/11 differed from those in the same time period in 2000 and 2002. METHODS Motor crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fata...

Neurochemical Alterations in Sudden Unexplained Perinatal Deaths—A Review

Sudden unexpected perinatal collapse is a major trauma for the parents of victims. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is unexpected and mysterious death of an apparently healthy neonate from birth till 1 year of age without any known causes, even after thorough postmortem investigations. However, the incidence of sudden intrauterine unexplained death syndrome (SIUDS) is seven times higher as c...

Frequency of chromosomal abnormalities in miscarriages and perinatal deaths.