Applying the WHO ICD-PM classification system to stillbirths in a major referral Centre in Northeast Nigeria: a retrospective analysis from 2010-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of a unified and comparable classification system to unravel the underlying causes of stillbirth hampers the development and implementation of targeted interventions to reduce the unacceptably high stillbirth rates (SBR) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our aim was to track the SBR and the predominant maternal and fetal causes of stillbirths using the WHO ICD-PM Classification system.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study in a major referral centre in northeast Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists assigned causes of stillbirths after an extensive audit of available stillbirths' records. Cause of death was assigned via consensus using the ICD-PM classification system.

Results

There were 21,462 births between 1

SUBMITTER: Dase E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329521 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature