Mortality both perinatal and maternal Flashcards
Define neonatal death
Death of a live baby before 28 days of age
Define early neonatal death
Death of a live baby before 7 days of age
Define stillbirth
baby delivered without signs of life after 24 weeks of pregnancy
Difference between stillbirth, neonatal death and perinatal death
Still birth is a death after 24 weeks gestation up to delivery, neonatal death is death of a live baby up to 28 days of age and perinatal death is still birth and neonatal death period
How do you calculate perinatal death rate
(still birth + neonatal deaths) / total births x1000
2 most common causes for neonatal death?
Immaturity and congenital abnormalities
What does maternal obesity predispose fetus to?
macrosomia, thromboembolism, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, congenital anomaly, haemorrhage, wound infection post CS, pre term, low breast feeding rates
Confidential enquiry into maternal and child health
all deaths in pregnancy and babies 20 weeks to 1 years old
Confidential enquiry into maternal deaths
Obstetric complications, pre-existing disease causes, coincidental, late deaths, miscarriage
Most common direct cause of maternal death?
Venous thromboembolism
Most common indirect cause of maternal death?
Cardiac
What is the proper term for childbed fever
Puerperal sepsis
What is puerperium?
Period after delivery of about 6 weeks where the mothers reproductive organs return to normal size
Only official cure of preeclampsia?
Deliver the placenta
What is usual cause of death from preeclampsia?
Intracranial haemorrhage following uncontrolled systolic hypertension
