Perinatal mortality audit in a Zimbabwean district.

abstract：:This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a verbal autopsy (VA) tool in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana and was nested within a community-based maternal vitamin A supplementation trial (ObaapaVitA trial). All stillbirths and neonatal deaths between 1 January 2003 and 30 ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Edmond KM,Quigley MA,Zandoh C,Danso S,Hurt C,Owusu Agyei S,Kirkwood BR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shanxi province in Northern China has one of the highest reported prevalence rates of neural tube defects (NTD) in the world. To explore the risk factors for NTDs in Shanxi province, we carried out a population-based case-control study in four selected counties with prevalence rates >10 per 1000 births during 2003. Us...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Li Z,Ren A,Zhang L,Guo Z,Li Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm birth leads to an estimated 35% of neonatal deaths worldwide. Our study analyses neonatal mortality risks among preterm births in rural Bangladesh. METHODS:Trained community health workers (CHW) prospectively collected data between June 2007 and September 2009. RESULTS:Among 32 126 livebirths, 22.3...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Shah R,Mullany LC,Darmstadt GL,Talukder RR,Rahman SM,Mannan I,Arifeen SE,Baqui AH,ProjAHNMo Study Group in Bangladesh.

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child sexual abuse research presents practical, methodological and statistical challenges. This paper examines some recent literature about the incidence and effects of child sexual abuse. Researchers who use epidemiological studies to attempt to ascertain the prevalence of different forms of abuse should be aware of ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Plunkett A,Oates RK

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triptans are commonly prescribed for migraine, a pain condition that is highly prevalent in women of childbearing age. No prior studies have investigated associations between exposure to triptans during fetal life and risk of externalising and internalising behaviours in children. METHODS:This study was set...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Wood ME,Lapane K,Frazier JA,Ystrom E,Mick EO,Nordeng H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the preventable fraction of low birthweight (LBW) deliveries due to maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy in Korea, it is important to quantify the population-attributable risk (PAR). Thus, we investigated the association between maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and LBW, ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Seo JH,Leem JH,Ha EH,Kim OJ,Kim BM,Lee JY,Park HS,Kim HC,Hong YC,Kim YJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine sociodemographic and life style-related risk factors and trimester specific maternal, placental, and fetal consequences of maternal anaemia and elevated haemoglobin levels in pregnancy. METHODS:In a population-based prospective cohort study of 7317 mothers, we measured haemoglobin levels in ear...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Gaillard R,Eilers PH,Yassine S,Hofman A,Steegers EA,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1988 and 1991, years of political and economic crisis, Bulgaria reported a 25% increase in infant mortality. From 1991 to 1995, the rate then dropped slightly. Analysis of detailed unpublished vital statistics shows that the reported increase could not have been a result of more complete reporting of early neo...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Carlson E,Tsvetarsky S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress during pregnancy is known to affect fetal neurodevelopment. It seems likely therefore that intimate partner violence (IPV) and domestic violence (DV) as extreme stressors will have a similarly adverse effect. OBJECTIVES:A systematic review was conducted to assess the association between prenatal expo...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Toso K,de Cock P,Leavey G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews are used by clinicians, policy makers and consumers of health care, and should provide up-to-date evidence for clinical decision making. Motivating systematic review authors to update reviews is a challenge, and despite resources such as methodologists and statisticians, many reviews are not updated...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Ervin AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to estimate the infant mortality rate and the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Lombardy, Northern Italy, in the period 1990-2000 and to provide basic information for a subsequent comparison of the SIDS incidence before and after the risk-intervention campaign. A retrospectiv...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Montomoli C,Monti MC,Stramba-Badiale M,Marinoni A,Foglieni N,Carreri V,Amigoni M,Schwartz PJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A secular trend towards earlier puberty has been observed in girls, while a similar trend has been more uncertain in boys. We estimated current ages at pubertal development in both boys and girls. METHODS:In this population-based cohort study, 14 759 of 22 439 invited boys and girls born from 2000 to 2003 i...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Brix N,Ernst A,Lauridsen LLB,Parner E,Støvring H,Olsen J,Henriksen TB,Ramlau-Hansen CH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a cohort study of over 5000 infants and their mothers who participated in a cord blood serosurvey designed to examine the relationship between maternal exposure to Lyme disease and adverse pregnancy outcome. Based on serology and reported clinical history, mothers of infants in an endemic hospita...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Williams CL,Strobino B,Weinstein A,Spierling P,Medici F

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective reports of smoking in pregnancy are of importance for clinical or scientific purposes. Careful analyses of stability and accuracy of recalled behaviour are, therefore, needed. In 1998, the mothers of 2369 pre-teens born in Sweden retrospectively reported their smoking behaviour during the first trimester...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Post A,Gilljam H,Bremberg S,Galanti MR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administrative or population health data sets (PHDS), such as birth and hospital discharge data, are used increasingly to evaluate maternity care. Use of PHDS requires reliable identification of diagnoses and procedures. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy and reliability of the reporting of diagnoses ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Roberts CL,Bell JC,Ford JB,Morris JM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of smoking and alcohol consumption in pregnancy on length, head circumference, upper arm circumference and ponderal index, of neonates born to 1513 Caucasian women who delivered at St George's Hospital, south London. All measurements were adjusted for gestational age, maternal heigh...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Haste FM,Anderson HR,Brooke OG,Bland JM,Peacock JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are relatively few studies on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy and childhood, and cancer in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. The associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood cancer have been studied intensively, but there is no clear associati...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Trédaniel J,Boffetta P,Little J,Saracci R,Hirsch A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a risk factor for delivering a large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infant. Haemoglobin A1c (A1C) is an indicator of glycaemic control. The objective of this study was to test whether higher A1C quartile at the time of diagnosis of GDM is associated with increased risk of delivering a...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Katon J,Reiber G,Williams MA,Yanez D,Miller E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm delivery (PTD) complicates as many as 10% of pregnancies in the United States. Moreover, prematurity accounts for more than 70% of the consequent neonatal and infantile morbidity and mortality. Serious long-term complications include cerebral palsy, respiratory disease, blindness and deafness. Despite substant...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Dizon-Townson DS

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nested case-control study of cryptorchidism (i.e. undescended testicles) was undertaken as part of a hospital-based cohort study of 6699 singleton male neonates in New York City. Since some of the cryptorchid infants experienced spontaneous descent of their testes, separate analysis was performed for this third grou...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Berkowitz GS,Lapinski RH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient supply of vitamin D during early development may negatively affect offspring growth. METHODS:We examined the association between umbilical cord (UC) serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and infant size in a study of two Faroese birth cohorts of 1038 singleton infants. In the third...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Dalgård C,Petersen MS,Steuerwald U,Weihe P,Grandjean P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Singleton survivors born to multigravidae in the whole island of Jamaica in 2 months (September-October 1986) were compared with singleton perinatal deaths occurring to multigravidae throughout the island in the 12-month period September 1986 to August 1987. Past obstetric history was obtained from the mothers using a...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Greenwood R,Samms-Vaughan M,Golding J,Ashley D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal growth curve and neonatal mortality rate, based on gestational age and birthweight, are important for identifying groups of high-risk neonates and developing appropriate medical services and health-care programmes. The purpose of this study was to develop a national fetal growth curve for neonates in Korea, ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Hong JS,Yi SW,Han YJ,Park YW,Nam CM,Kang HC,Ohrr H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birthweight is associated with health outcomes throughout the lifespan. Official birthweight records are not always available, and researchers must rely on self-reports for birthweight information. This study evaluates the accuracy of adolescent self-reports of birthweight, using medical records as a standard, and com...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Lucia VC,Luo Z,Gardiner JC,Paneth N,Breslau N

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnant women treated with methadone as opioid maintenance therapy are more likely than women treated with buprenorphine to deliver preterm. Preterm birth is associated with less risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). We sought to assess the role of preterm birth as a mediator of the relationship betwe...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Lemon LS,Naimi A,Caritis SN,Platt RW,Venkataramanan R,Bodnar LM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To optimise the health of pregnant women and their children by evidence-based primary and secondary prevention, more scientific knowledge is needed. To overcome the methodological limitations of many studies on pregnancy and child health, which often use a retrospective design, we established the PRIDE (PReg...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： van Gelder MM,Bretveld RW,Roukema J,Steenhoek M,van Drongelen J,Spaanderman ME,van Rumpt D,Zielhuis GA,Verhaak CM,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During pregnancy, most women do not meet gestational weight gain (GWG) guidelines, potentially resulting in adverse maternal and infant health consequences. Social environment determinants of GWG have been identified, but evidence on the relationship between neighbourhood violence and GWG is scant. Our study...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Galin J,Abrams B,Leonard SA,Matthay EC,Goin DE,Ahern J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age at menarche is correlated within families, but estimates of the heritability of menarcheal age have a wide range (0.45-0.95). We examined the familial resemblance for age at menarche and the extent to which this is due to genetic and shared environmental factors. Between 2003 and 2010 data were retrospectively col...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Morris DH,Jones ME,Schoemaker MJ,Ashworth A,Swerdlow AJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percentiles of weight-by-gestational age were constructed for first and second births, based on linked sibship-data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Standards were made for weight-by-gestational age of second births conditional on whether the first birth was small-for-gestational age (SGA) or large-for-gesta...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Skjaerven R,Bakketeig LS

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Large birth cohort studies are extremely valuable in assessing associations between early life exposures and long-term outcomes. Establishing new birth cohorts is challenging due to declining participation rates. Online methods of data collection may increase feasibility, but have not been evaluated thorough...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： van Gelder MMHJ,Merkus PJFM,van Drongelen J,Swarts JW,van de Belt TH,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00