Recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in developing countries

To evaluate the risk of recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in second pregnancies in developing countries. Data from the 2004-2008 Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health were used to determine the outcomes of singleton second pregnancies for 61 780 women in 23 developing countries. The...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013-05, Vol.91 (5), p.357-367
Main Authors: FENGXIU OUYANG, JUN ZHANG, BETRAN, Ana Pilar, ZUJING YANG, SOUZA, Joao Paulo, MERIALDI, Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Birth weight
Births
Child mortality
Continents
Developing countries
Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data
Discharge
Female
General aspects
Gestational age
Global Health
Health
Health care
Health Policy & Services
Health Surveys
Humans
Hypertension
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infants
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - statistics & numerical data
LDCs
Maternal and infant welfare
Medical records
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Obstetrics
Parity
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology
Premature Birth - epidemiology
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk
Risk Factors
Sociodemographics
Stillbirth
Stillbirth - epidemiology
Trends
Womens health
World Health Organization
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Summary:To evaluate the risk of recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in second pregnancies in developing countries. Data from the 2004-2008 Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health were used to determine the outcomes of singleton second pregnancies for 61 780 women in 23 developing countries. The mother-infant pairs had been followed up until discharge or for 7 days postpartum. At the end of their second pregnancies, women whose first pregnancy had ended in stillbirth (n = 1261) or been followed by neonatal death (n = 1052) were more likely than women who had not experienced either outcome to have given birth to a child with a birth weight of
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.12.111021