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Defining Stillbirth | |
File name | Defining Stillbirth |
File Description | Fetal death Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy. Delivery of a fetus showing no signs of life Absence of breathing, heart beat, umbilical cord pulsations, definitive voluntary movements Excludes Transient cardiac contractions Fleeting respiratory efforts (gasps). 3 million stillbirths each year worldwide 2005 rate of 6.2/1000 total births in US Rate of early stillbirth has remained stable Rate of late fetal loss has decreased by 29% since 1990 African Americans have 2x stillbirth rate as Caucasians DM, HTN, abruption, PPROM |
Category Name | Public Health |
Subject Name | Healthcare of Special |
Module Name | Childhood Mortality |
Micro Category Name | Stillbirth rate |
Level | Masters |
File Type | PPT |
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