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Risk factors of perinatal mortality in a tertiary care centre: A case control study

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1Sunita S, 2Priyanka Sharma

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Background: Perinatal mortality has remained a major public health problem in India, this study aims to analyze the perinatal deaths and the risk factors attributed to perinatal mortality. Methodology: This is a case-control study, we studied 72 cases and 72 controls. Cases were the patients admitted in labour room with gestational age >28 weeks who gave birth to stillborn or whose babies died within first 7 days of life and controls were ones who gave birth to live babies and whose babies survived more than 7 days of life. The analysis was done using appropriate epi info statistical package and regression analysis was done to quantify independent risk factors in perinatal mortality

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