INTRODUCTION Postnatal depression affects 14% of women, occurring also antenatally, with potential long-term consequences, making it an important disorder to detect and manage early. In this study we sought to examine knowledge and awareness of perinatal depression in health professionals involved in perinatal care throughout Australia prior to the implementation of a comprehensive screening pr...

AIMS To evaluate the relevance of systematic screening for neonatal metabolic acidosis at birth as part of perinatal audit. METHODS For every baby, born in Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk Belgium between 1/1/2010 and 31/12/2010, cord blood was analysed to diagnose metabolic acidosis, defined as arterial or venous pH ≤ 7.05 or 7.17 respectively, in association with base excess of ≤ -10 mmol/L. T...

From the McKusick–Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore (J.B.); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (J.F.S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Strauss at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 E. Marshall St., Richmond, VA 23298, or at jfstrauss@ vcu...

HEALTH ISSUE: Canada's standard of perinatal care ranks among the highest in the world, but there is still room for improvement, both in terms of regional differences in care and global comparisons of approaches to care in Canada and elsewhere. Data from the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS) was used to evaluate morbidity and mortality among mothers and infants. KEY FINDINGS: Matern...

one hundred and sixty preterm deliveries were done at our center in (1996-97). classification according to etiology shows that 30% of these deliveries were due to prom, and 13.75% had to be induced secondary to underling fetal or maternal indication, in 35.6% there were maternal or fetal pathology, and in 20.6% there were no recognized reason (idiopathic). the various etiologic factors were eva...

BACKGROUND In high-income countries, national mortality audits are associated with improved quality of care, but there has been no previous systematic review of perinatal audit in low- and middle-income settings. OBJECTIVES To present a systematic review of facility-based perinatal mortality audit in low- and middle-income countries, and review information regarding community audit. RESULTS...

BACKGROUND Perinatal mental illness is a common and important public health problem, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators, as well as perceptions about the feasibility and acceptability of plans to deliver perinatal mental health care in primary care settings in a low income, rural district in Uganda. METHODS Six focus...

This retrospective study analyzed the temporal association between socioeconomic development indices and improved maternal, neonatal, and perinatal survival in the State of Qatar over a period of 35 years (1974-2008). We explored the association between reduction in poverty, improvement in maternal education, and perinatal health care on the one hand, and increased maternal, neonatal, and perin...

OBJECTIVES To determine the influence of health-seeking behavior of urban women in South-West Nigeria on the incidence and perinatal outcome of umbilical cord prolapse (UCP). METHODS A retrospective study comparing two groups of urban women using information extracted from medical records of patients who had UCP, and were managed at the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria from January...