Perinatal deaths at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in 1993.
OBJECTIVE
To identify causes for perinatal mortality at the Castle Street Hospital for women.


METHODS
Retrospective analysis of clinical notes.


METHODS
Castle Street Hospital for Women, Lady Ridgeway Hospital and Sri Jayawardanepura General Hospital.


METHODS
All stillbirths and early neonatal deaths at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in 1993.


RESULTS
There were 192 antepartum, 31 intra-partum and 120 early neonatal deaths. 264 deaths were in low birth weight babies. Pregnancy induced hypertension, cord round the neck, anencephaly, antepartum haemorrhage and idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome were the common causes of mortality.


CONCLUSIONS
Most deaths may have been prevented with better obstetric and neonatal care.
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Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo.
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D002423:Cause of Death; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology