Publications by authors named "Thomas H van den Akker"
Article Synopsis
- The timing of cord clamping has gained attention in neonatal care due to the positive effects of delaying it, especially for preterm infants.
- Research shows that postponing cord clamping improves blood flow and stabilizes infants, particularly during the critical transition to breathing.
- The ABC project aims to apply these experimental findings in clinical settings, and the review will cover insights and lessons from the project's implementation.
Lessons learned in cases of late preterm mortality in the Netherlands: Results from nationwide perinatal audits, a mixed method study.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X
March 2023
Objective: Assess improvable care factors in late preterm mortality, defined as death of a child during labour or in the first 28 days thereafter between 32 + 0 and 36 + 6 weeks gestation, in the Netherlands.
Design: Perinatal audit has been coordinated and supported at the national level, with selection of nationwide audit themes, and audit sessions are performed at the local level across the country as multidisciplinary meetings with primary and secondary level health care professionals, organised in local perinatal cooperation units. In 2017-2019, late preterm mortality was such a theme.
Background & Aims: Namibia has been suffering from an outbreak of hepatitis E genotype 2 since 2017. As nearly half of hepatitis E-related deaths were among pregnant and postpartum women, we analysed maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by acute hepatitis E and assessed whether HIV-status impacted on outcome.
Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed at Windhoek Hospital Complex.