Care-Related and Maternal Risk Factors Associated with the Antenatal Nondetection of Intrauterine Growth Restriction: A Case-Control Study from Bremen, Germany.

. To identify care-related and maternal risk factors for the antenatal nondetection of IUGR. .

Care-related factors associated with antepartal diagnosis of intrauterine growth restriction: a case-control study.

Background: Antenatal care is of core importance for maternal and child health and is therefore a central aspect of mother and child health care. One of the main goals of effective screening in antenatal care is the detection of suboptimal fetal growth. However, the sensitivity of antenatal diagnostic of suboptimal fetal growth (i.

Perinatal outcomes of immigrant women of Turkish, Middle Eastern and North African origin in Berlin, Germany: a comparison of two time periods.

Purpose: Publications based on data from perinatal health registries reported worse perinatal health outcomes among women of Turkish origin. The aim of this study was to compare the perinatal outcomes of women of German and Turkish origin in Berlin in two time periods and to analyze if the situation among the women of Turkish origin has improved over time.

Methods: Datasets of all singleton deliveries from Berlin hospitals for the time periods 1993-1997 (n = 144,600) and 2003-2007 (n = 147,559) were used.