Perinatal mortality at King Fahd Hospital of The University Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 26 (3) , 399-407
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(88)90336-0
Abstract
The perinatal deaths of all singleton births that occurred at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia during a 4-year period are analysed. The causes of death are classified into 12 groups using an extended modification of the Aberdeen classification. There were 165 perinatal deaths in 8057 singleton births, giving a perinatal mortality rate of 20.47 per 1000 total births. Fetal malformations occurred in 29 (17.57%) cases. Of the remaining 136 normal infants, 77 (56.6%) were stillbirths and 59 (43.4%) died within 1 week of delivery. Spontaneous premature labor was the commonest cause of death (23.52%) followed by birth trauma (11%) and maternal diseases (9.55%). The cause of death was not known in 22 (16.17%) cases. In conclusion, prevention of premature labor, better intrapartum fetal monitoring, early recognition of fetal distress and improvement of neonatal care should reduce the perinatal mortality rate.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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