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AAP Grand Rounds 4:43-44 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

PERINATOLOGY

Early Neonatal Mortality, Asphyxia Related Deaths and Timing of Low Risk Births

Source: Heller G, Misselwitz B, Schmidt S. Early neonatal mortality, asphyxia related deaths, and timing of low risk births in Hesse, Germany, 1990–8: observational study. BMJ. 2000;321:274–275.

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This observational study investigated low risk births for the relationship between the time of day of birth and early neonatal mortality and death related to asphyxia. Between 1990 and 1998 in Hesse, Germany, 380,930 births were identified from a perinatal birth register. Data includes detailed information about the infant, mother, pregnancy, delivery, neonatal morbidity and mortality. Infants who were born by cesarean section, before 37 weeks of gestation, or with congenital malformations or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Rakesh Sahni, MD
Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, and Division of Neonatology, Babies & Children’s Hospital of New York, NY