Publications by authors named "Erik Lie-Nielsen"
Recording of maternal deaths in an East African university hospital.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
June 2010
Objective: To trace all maternal deaths at a tertiary East African university hospital with a systematic registration of all births.
Design: Descriptive study.
Sample: One hundred and nineteen cases of maternal death which occurred in the period from 2000 to 2007 (including).
Article Synopsis
- Low birthweights and high perinatal mortality rates are prevalent in African populations, with twins particularly affected due to their generally lower birthweights and higher mortality risks compared to singletons.
- A study of 15,255 births in Tanzania indicated that while the average birthweight was 3,172 g, twins had a significantly higher perinatal mortality rate (91.0 per 1,000) compared to singletons (41.1 per 1,000), leading to a relative risk of 2.2 for twins.
- The findings suggest that the increased risk of perinatal death for twins persists across different birthweight categories, indicating that even larger twins are at a heightened risk similar to that of smaller twins.