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Perinatal outcome and antenatal care in a black South African population.
Ulster Med J. 1993 Apr; 62(1):37-43.UM

Abstract

The relationship between perinatal outcome and antenatal care was investigated at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, by a case control retrospective study of pregnancy records in 165 perinatal deaths and 156 infants surviving the perinatal period. 82% of the mothers of live infants had booked for antenatal care compared with only 60% of those who experienced a perinatal death. Hospital booking was associated with a higher infant birthweight. For those who booked earlier there was no reduction in total perinatal mortality or the stillbirth:neonatal death ratio, and many of the mothers of highest risk failed to book. This suggests that the better perinatal outcome in booked mothers may have been secondary to the type of mother who chose to book, rather than the actual antenatal care. To help reduce perinatal mortality, methods must be employed which reach those mothers who are most likely to fail to book.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Menown IB
Health and Health Care Research Unit, Queen's University, Belfast.
Archbold JA
No affiliation info available
Wills C
No affiliation info available

MeSH

African Continental Ancestry GroupBirth WeightCase-Control StudiesFemaleFetal DeathGestational AgeHumansInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornPregnancyPrenatal CareRetrospective StudiesSouth Africa

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8516973

Citation

Menown, I B., et al. "Perinatal Outcome and Antenatal Care in a Black South African Population." The Ulster Medical Journal, vol. 62, no. 1, 1993, pp. 37-43.
Menown IB, Archbold JA, Wills C. Perinatal outcome and antenatal care in a black South African population. Ulster Med J. 1993;62(1):37-43.
Menown, I. B., Archbold, J. A., & Wills, C. (1993). Perinatal outcome and antenatal care in a black South African population. The Ulster Medical Journal, 62(1), 37-43.
Menown IB, Archbold JA, Wills C. Perinatal Outcome and Antenatal Care in a Black South African Population. Ulster Med J. 1993;62(1):37-43. PubMed PMID: 8516973.
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