The use of birthweight and gestation to assess perinatal mortality risk.

1 September 1979

journal article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Vol. 33 (3) , 183-185
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.33.3.183

Abstract

Using extensive international data it is shown in detail how mortality is related to birthweight and gestation. It is demonstrated that the widely used 'birthweight for length of gestation' standards can be seriously misleading. A new 'high risk' classification is proposed.

Keywords

MISLEADING
CLASSIFICATION
ASSESS PERINATAL MORTALITY
USE OF BIRTHWEIGHT
GESTATION TO ASSESS
BIRTHWEIGHT AND GESTATION

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

DEFINITION OF PERINATAL MORTALITY
The Lancet, 1977
ANALYSIS OF BIRTH WEIGHT, GESTATIONAL AGE, AND FETAL VIABILITY, U. S. BIRTHS, 1968
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1974