Primary causes of total perinatally related wastage at Tygerberg Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorPattinson, R. C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Jong, G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTheron, G. B.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:59:36Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:59:36Z
dc.date.issued1989-01
dc.descriptionCITATION: Pattinson, R. C., De Jong, G. & Theron, G. B. 1988. Primary causes of total perinatally related wastage at Tygerberg Hospital. S Afr Med J, 75:50-53.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe primary obstetric cause of total perinatally related wastage (TPRW) (i.e. all antepartum or postpartum deaths of infants ≥ 500 g and who died before hospital discharge) was studied in a clearly defined population in the western Cape over a 1-year period. There were 302 deaths from 7,923 singletons and 31 deaths from 65 pairs of twins delivered from patients cared for by Tygerberg Hospital maternity services. Thirty per cent of the deaths were late abortions, 42% stillbirths, 18% early neonatal deaths, 7% late neonatal deaths and 4% perinatally related infant deaths. The major primary obstetric events leading to TPRW in singletons were antepartum haemorrhage (27,8%), spontaneous preterm labour (24,8%), unexplained intra-uterine deaths (11,9%), infections (9,3%) and fetal abnormalities (7,9%). Multiple pregnancies accounted for 9,3% of the TPRW of all deliveries. The cause, risk factors associated and methods of prevention of abruptio placentae, spontaneous preterm labour and infections should receive priority in perinatal research in the western Cape.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationPattinson, R. C., De Jong, G. & Theron, G. B. 1988. Primary causes of total perinatally related wastage at Tygerberg Hospital. S Afr Med J, 75:50-53.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7925
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journalen_ZA
dc.subjectperinatal illnessesen_ZA
dc.subjectperinatal related wastageen_ZA
dc.subjectinfansy illnessesen_ZA
dc.titlePrimary causes of total perinatally related wastage at Tygerberg Hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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