title: The importance of primary diagnosis in perinatal death.
abstract: In a referral perinatal center a detailed study was made of all the perinatal deaths that occurred during 1 year; they were analyzed according to primary diagnoses on the basis of a classification by R. L. Naeye which included the placenta. This method points to the areas in which special efforts at prevention should be made, and it should become a reliable basis for comparison.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D010927:Placental Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011322:Primary Prevention; D014481:United States