Maternal and fetal characteristics and causes of stillbirth in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal: secondary analysis of registry-based surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Stillbirth is one of the vital indicators of quality care. This study aimed to determine maternal-fetal characteristics and causes of stillbirth in Nepal.

Design

Secondary analysis of single-centred registry-based surveillance data.

Setting

The study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, a tertiary care hospital located in Bharatpur, Nepal.

Participants

All deliveries of intrauterine fetal death, at or beyond 22 weeks' period of gestation and/or birth weight of 500 g or more, conducted between 16 July 2017 and 15 July 2019 were included in the study.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome measure of this study was stillbirth, and the secondary outcome measures were maternal

SUBMITTER: Sharma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354277 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature