Volume 25, Issue 107, January, 2021

Perinatal mortality rate, fetal causes and associated maternal factors in Hail Maternity and Children Hospital

Abdelrahim Awadelkarim Abdelrahman Mohamed, Hussam Salem Sunhat Alshammari^♦, Noura Hamad Rasheed Alshurtan, Mohammad Abdulkarim Abdullah Alduheim, Alhanouf Mutlaq Salem Alazaima, Shumoukh Saleh Fuhaid AlAfnan, Nouf Majed Abdulaziz Alghris

College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia; Email: hh.alsunhat@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: According to the WHO, three million babies are estimated to die in the early neonatal period, while 2.6 million are still born annually worldwide. Due to the lack of such information regarding the perinatal mortality rate in Saudi hospitals, we aimed in our study to identify the perinatal mortality rate in Hail Maternity and Children Hospital and to find the underlying causes and risk factors. Methods: We conducted a hospital-based retrospective analytic study which includes the whole perinatal deaths in Hail Maternity and Children Hospital, from 1st of January to 31st of December 2019. Results: Perinatal deaths were 164 (64 still births and 100 early neonatal deaths). Perinatal mortality rate was 24.9/1000 (SBR: 9.72/1000, END rate: 15.18/1000). The most identifiable cause of perinatal mortality in our study was IUGR (26.83%) followed by unexplained death. Conclusion: The perinatal mortality rate at Hail Maternity and Children Hospital was 24.9/1000 by 2019 in which IUGR was the most distinguishable cause, followed by unexplained death. Due to the lack of such a study in this hospital, we couldn't find if our results considered as an improvement or deterioration of PMR comparing with past years.

Keywords: Perinatal mortality, stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, IUGR, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2021, 25(107), 106-111

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