Birth asphyxia is under-rated as a cause of preterm neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries: A prospective, observational study from PURPOSe

CONCLUSIONS: NICU physicians who reported cause of death in deceased preterm infants less often attributed the death to birth asphyxia, and instead more often chose RDS, while expert panels with more extensive data attributed a greater proportion of deaths to birth asphyxia than did the physicians.PMID:35593030 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17220

Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - May 20, 2022 Category: OBGYN Authors: Robert L Goldenberg Sangappa Dhaded Sarah Saleem Shivaprasad S Goudar Shiyam Sunder Tikmani Marissa Trotta Kay Hwang Jackson Gowder Guruprasad Vardendra Kulkarni Sunil Kumar Zeesham Uddin Sayyeda Reza Jamal Raza Haleema Yasmin S Yogeshkumar Manjunath S So Source Type: research