scholarly journals Association of Low Birth Weight Infants and Maternal Sociodemographic Status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 War Period in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahrija Skokić ◽  
Dubravka Bačaj ◽  
Amela Selimović ◽  
Evlijana Hasanović ◽  
Selma Muratović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Early Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Birth Weight Group

Objectives. We examined association between incidence rate of low birth weight in liveborn infants and maternal sociodemographic status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods. The present study covers a 22-year period (1988–2009), including the war period (1992–1995), and we retrospectively collected data on a total of 108 316 liveborn infants and their mothers from three different socioeconomic periods: before (1988–1991), during (1992–1995), and after the war (1996–2009). Association between incidence rate of low birth weight in liveborn infants and maternal sociodemographic status were determined for each study period.Results. There were 23 194 live births in the prewar, 18 302 during the war, and 66 820 in the postwar period. Among the liveborn infants born during the war, 1373 (7.5%) had birth weight of <2500 g, which is significantly more in comparison with 851 (3.6%) liveborn infants in this birth weight group born before and 1864 (2.8%) after the war. We found the number of examinations during pregnancy was 1.8 per pregnant woman in the war period, which was low in comparison with the number of examinations before (4.6 per pregnant woman) and after (7.1 per pregnant woman) the war ( for both). Prewar perinatal mortality LBW infants of 6.2 per 1000 live births increased to 10.8 per 1000 live births during the war (), but after the war, perinatal mortality LBW infants (5.2‰) and early neonatal mortality (2.4‰) decreased.Conclusions. We found statistically significant association between low-birth-weight and maternal sociodemographic status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Low Birth Weight, Vital Records, and Infant Mortality

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1145
Author(s):  
MYRON E. WEGMAN
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Almost All

About one tenth of all infant deaths occur in babies weighing less than 500 g at birth, almost all of whom die very shortly thereafter. In 1983, when the United States reported 3,638,933 live births, 4,368 of them were less than 500 g; that year there were 26,507 neonatal deaths. This means that slightly more than 0.1% of all live births contributed to 17% of neonatal mortality. Given this order of magnitude, any change in the numbers relating to these tiny babies can have a disproportionate influence on reported infant mortality and on interstate comparisons. Two questions promptly arise. How accurate and meaningful are the data regarding babies born weighing less than 500 g? What can be done to decrease the deaths in this category? Wilson et al1 call attention to how the number of very low birth weight infants reported by a state may be affected by the state's definition of a live birth.

Analysis of selected perinatological indicators in the Slovak Republic in the years 2007–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
Miroslav Korbeľ ◽  
◽  
Pavel Kaščák ◽  
zuzana Nižňanská
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Live Births

Overview Objective: Analysis of perinatal mortality in the Slovak Republic during the years 2007–2018. Methods: Analysis of prospectively collected selected perinatal data in the years 2007–2018. Results: In the year 2007, there were 63 obstetrics units, 51,146 deliveries and that of live births 51,650 in the Slovak Republic. The number of obstetrics units decreased to 51 in the years 2018, the total number of deliveries increased to 57,085 and that of live births increased to 57,773. The total fertility rate in the years 2007–2018 increased from 1.27 to 1.54. The preterm deliveries rate increased from 7.3% in the year 2007 to 8.5% in the year 2010 and decreased to 7% in the year 2018. The perinatal mortality rate decreased from 6.2 in the year 2007 to 4.4 in the year 2017, increased again in the years 2018 to 5.0 and according to the criteria of WHO (World Health Organization) to 6.6 per 1,000 still- and live-births. During the years 2007–2018 at perinatal mortality stillbirth participate with 65%, low birth weight with 63% and severe congenital anomalies with 19%. Transport in utero to perinatological centers in the years 2007–2018 has decreased from 57 to 56% for infants 1,000–1,499 g and from 75 to 73% for infants below 1,000 g. Conclusion: In the year 2017, perinatology in the Slovak Republic reached the best result in the perinatal mortality rate – 4.4‰ (0.44%), but has increased to over 5‰ next year. To further reduce perinatal mortality in the Slovak Republic, it is necessary to improve the prenatal dia­gnosis of severe congenital abnormalities, transport in utero of very low birth weight fetuses, centralization of high-risk pregnancies, obstetric personnel and material-technical equipment of obstetricians and neonatal intensive care units. Keywords: perinatal mortality – preterm delivery – multiple pregnancy – low birth weight – very low birth weight – total fertility rate

EARLY NEONATAL MORTALITY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-645
Author(s):  
R. H. R.
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Good News ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infant ◽  
Early Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Substantial Decline

The United States has had a substantial decline in infant mortality rates. Mortality rates for low birth weight infants remained fairly stable prior to 1965, but have "decreased sharply" since then. The decrease in mortality among these infants accounted for more than half of the overall fall. The most likely explanation is the development and proliferation of medical technology for management of the low birth weight infant. Comment: Nice to hear some good news of what we are doing well. Regionalization and intensive care do make a difference.

scholarly journals Identification of Growth Patterns in Low Birth Weight Infants from Birth to 5 Years of Age: Nationwide Korean Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1206
Author(s):  
So Jin Yoon ◽  
Joohee Lim ◽  
Jung Ho Han ◽  
Jeong Eun Shin ◽  
Soon Min Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Health Check ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Weight Group ◽  
Poor Growth ◽  
Birth Weight Group

This study aimed to investigate the nationwide growth pattern of infants in Korea according to the birth-weight group and to analyze the effect of growth on development. A total of 430,541 infants, born in 2013 and who received the infant health check-up regularly from 6 months to 60 months of age, were included. The weight, height, head circumferences percentiles, and neurodevelopment using screening tests results were compared among the birth-weight groups. Using longitudinal analysis, the study found a significant difference in height, weight, and head circumference, respectively, according to age at health check-up, birth weight group, and combination of age and birth weight (p < 0.001). The growth parameters at 60 months of age showed a significant correlation with those at 6 months of age especially in extremely low birth weight infants. The incidence of suspected developmental delay was significantly higher in infants with growth below the 10th percentiles than in those with growth above the 10th percentiles. Among 4571 (1.6%) infants with suspected developmental delay results at 60 months of age, birth weight, sex, and poor growth parameters were confirmed as associated factors. This nationwide Korean study shows that poor growth and neurodevelopment outcomes persisted among low-birth-weight infants at 60 months of age. Our findings provide guidance for developing a nationwide follow-up program for infants with perinatal risk factors in Korea.

scholarly journals STATUS OF MEDICAL CARE FOR NEWBORNS IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4(38)) ◽  
pp. 5-24
Author(s):  
Y. Antypkin ◽  
T. Znamenska ◽  
R. Marushko ◽  
E. Dudina ◽  
V. Lapshin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Neonatal Care ◽  
Postpartum Woman ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Early Neonatal Mortality

Introduction. In the context of continuing depopulation, and low birth rate, the formation and preservation of newborn generations’ health is the most important medical and social task and one of the main activities of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and local health care institutions. The aim of the study was to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of medical care for newborns in Ukraine and its impact on the main indicators of newborns’ health. Materials and research methods. A retrospective analysis and assessment of the dynamics of neonatal care in Ukraine was carried out according to state and industry statistics, perinatal audit according to the method of WHO “MATRIX - BABIES” for the period 2001-2019, monitoring and evaluation of the regionalization of perinatal care (for 2014-2017). Methods of a systematic approach, bibliographic, statistical data processing, and graphic representation were applied. Results of the study: the study showed that during the period of the research a  number of newborns born in the facilities of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine decreased from 387900 in 2000 to 294100 in 2019, with a negative trend in the generalized objective criterion of the generation’s health and socio-economic well-being of the population - frequency of premature newborns with low birth weight  including those with extremely low birth weight. At the same time, the frequency of newborns with congenital diseases or those who got sick after birth, decreased from 280.8 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 172.14 in 2019 with the wave-like nature of its dynamics. The existing state system of three-level neonatal care integrated into the perinatal service makes it possible to provide basic, qualified and highly qualified specialized medical care for newborns at all stages of its provision. During the observation period, the provision of newborns with pediatrician-neonatologists increased from 4.58 per 1000 live births to 5.34, and with hospital beds for premature and sick newborns - from 5.62 to 6.91, respectively. A slight increasing trend of significant criterion of newborns’ health condition was achieved (99.36% in 2001 vs 99.7% in 2019) along with the activities of the neonatological service in survival of newborns in the first 168 hours of life mainly due to a 2.6-fold increase in the survival of newborns with a birth weight of 500-999g. Sufficient efficiency of medical care for newborns was confirmed by a positive trend in early neonatal mortality from 4.71 ‰ in 2000 to 3.04 ‰ in 2019 and neonatal mortality from 6.65 ‰ to 4.57 ‰, respectively. At the same time, the increase of newborns’ incidence with diseases that have a direct impact on the development of chronic and disabling diseases is a cause for concern: cases of congenital pneumonia increased from 3.18 ‰ in 2000 to 5.46 ‰ in 2019, of neonatal sepsis - from 0.09 ‰ to 0.74 ‰, respectively. Also other disorders of newborns’ cerebral status increased from 18.5 ‰ in 2010 to 28.5 ‰, and neonatal jaundice -  from 31.11 ‰ in 2015 to 43.65 ‰. An excess in 1.5 times of the standard recommended by the WHO of the proportional indicator of early neonatal mortality was revealed among infants weighing more than 1500 g. The excess of the real indicator of early neonatal mortality over the actual one was 2.2-2.3 times, which meant underestimation of the total rate of neonatal and infant mortality. Conclusions. Further improvement of the effectiveness of neonatal care and the decrease of early neonatal and neonatal mortality levels requires continued regionalization of perinatal care, completion of the perinatal care centers of the third level, revision and provision of patient routes, development and provision of state-guaranteed medical services/standards (such as a standard of child’s safety, safety of pregnant and postpartum woman), the reliability of determining body weight at birth, criteria for live birth and stillbirth, the introduction of follow-up monitoring of low-birth-weight newborns, the formation of a unified system for monitoring the activities of the maternal and child health services.

scholarly journals Perinatal mortality according to level of perinatal healthcare institutions in low birth weight infants: Cross sectional multicentric study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Anis Cerovac ◽  
Enida Nevačinović ◽  
Gordana Bogdanović ◽  
Elmedina Cerovac ◽  
Tvrtko Tupek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multicentric Study

scholarly journals Biodemographic Analysis of Factors Related to Perinatal Mortality in Portugal (1988–2011)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Fuster
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Minimum Duration ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Early Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Duration Of Gestation

Background. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relative mortality risks at delivery and during the first week of life with regard to maternal and foetal characteristics.Methods. Yearly individual digital records on live births and early neonatal mortality were used to infer the possible factors involved in perinatal deaths.Results. The results show that the number of births per year declined with time throughout the period studied. At the same time, rates decreased in 66.4% for stillbirths and in 70.2% for early neonatal mortality. Logistic regressions modelled the interaction of the two mortality indicators and covariables such as birth weight and the duration of gestation.Conclusions. This research provides a first biodemographic approach to the knowledge of factors influencing perinatal mortality in Portugal based on a set of foetal and maternal variables. Although the magnitude of the different perinatal mortality rates may be affected by the criteria used for selecting cases (multiple-singletons; minimum birth weight or minimum duration of gestation), one of the conclusions of the present analysis is that the relationship among the maternal and foetal variables that determine the relative risk remains unaltered. Certain resemblance with the factors determining negative birth outcomes in Spain is appreciated.

scholarly journals Low Baby Birth Weight (LBBW), Parity, and Perinatal Mortality in Perinatology Room of dr. M. Yunus Hospital Bengkulu

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Elza Wulandari ◽  
Buyung Keraman ◽  
Rotia Amjellina
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Mortality ◽  
Perinatal Death ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Premature Babies

Perinatal Death is one of the events that is able to show children's health. The main causes of Perinatal death in the world include premature babies or low birth weight, sepsis, neumonía, asphyxia and trauma. This study aims to determine fatherly relationship babies of low birth weight (BBLR) and parity with perinatal mortality in hospitals Perinatology room. dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu. This study uses a case-control design. The population in this study all babies born in space Perinatology Hospital dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu in 2015. The sampling technique used total sampling to sample cases as much as 112 infants with perinatal mortality and Sytematic Random Sampling for control patients was 112 taken from 586 people perinatal infant death. Collecting data in this study using secondary data obtained from the data register the baby in the hospital midwifery perinatology. dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu.The result showed: (1) 50.0% who experienced a perinatal death as a sample of cases and 50.0% with no perinatal as a control sample; (2) 50.0% of infants born with BLR, 33.0% of infants born with BBLSR infants, and 17.0% of infants born with BBLER; (3) 42.9% of the mothers primiparous or grandemultipara and 57.1% of multiparous mothers; (4) There is a relationship between low birth weight infants (LBW) with perinatal death diruang Hospital Perinatology. dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu by category of relationship is; (5) There is a relationship between parity with hospital perinatal mortality diruang Perinatology. dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu by category of relationship is medium. Keywords: BBLR, parity, perinatal mortality

Moderation, the Noblest Gift of Heaven

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 834-835
Author(s):  
Lewis A. Barness
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Fetal Wastage

Improving the outcome of pregnancy is a long sought goal of perinatologists. Observations that starvation during pregnancy could lead to disturbances in newborns, and in some cases to low birth weight infants, particularly if starvation occurrred late in the pregnancy, led to studies of food supplementation of pregnant women. One of the most carefully designed studies is that of Rush and co-workers,1 part of which is described in this journal. They found that supplementing the diet of the pregnant woman, particularly with protein but also with calories, resulted in increased fetal wastage and few if any good effects. There was apparently a neutralization of some deleterious effects of smoking, an effect also recently observed in obese gravidas.2

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