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Total perinatal wastage. A clarification of priorities
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb02471.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 97, Issue 11, pages 999–1002, November 1990
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HOGSTON, P. and JAMES, D. K. (1990), Total perinatal wastage. A clarification of priorities. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 97: 999–1002. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb02471.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 15 September 1989 Accepted 11 My 1990
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Summary. The pregrmncy outcome of 16 971 women carrying 17 352 living fetuses after 16 weeks gestation was studied. As well as recording perinatal deaths, all losses before 28 weeks and up to one year after delivery were recorded to give a total perinatal wastage rate of 21.6 per 1000 fetuses alive at 16 weeks compared with a perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths plus early neonatal deaths) of 7.8 per 1000 births. All deaths were then classified according to pathological sub-groups. The concept of auditing perinatal care using perinatal mortality was then compared with that using total perinatal wastage.