A case-control study of risk factors for fetal and early neonatal deaths in a tertiary hospital in Kenya

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yego, Faith ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^b   Byles, Julie ^c   Nyongesa, Paul ^a   Williams, Jennifer Stewart ^c,d  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early neonatal mortality; Fetal death; Maternal; Risk factors; Tertiary hospital

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; DELIVERY; FETUS MORTALITY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84925443047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0389-8     Document Type: Article

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