Preterm Births in Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Preterm Births in Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
DOI: 10.5455/msm.2016.28.32-35
Published online: 30/01/2016
Published print:02/2016
Received: 10 October 2015; Accepted: 15 November 2015 © 2016 Igor Hudic, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Fahrija Skokic, Zlatan Fatusic, Aida Zildzic-Moralic, Maida Skokic, Jasenko Fatusic This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ORIGINAL PAPER
Mater Sociomed. 2016 Feb; 28(1): 32-35
LOW PRETERM BIRTH RATE WITH DECREASING EARLY NEONATAL MORTALITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DURING 2007-2014 Igor Hudic1, Babill Stray-Pedersen2, Fahrija Skokic3, Zlatan Fatusic1, Aida Zildzic-Moralic4, Maida Skokic3, Jasenko Fatusic1 Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Division of Women and Children, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3 Children’s Hospital, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 Health Care Center, Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
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Corresponding author: Igor Hudic, MD. University Clinical Center Tuzla. Clinic for Ob/Gyn, Trnovac bb, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Phone number: +387 35 303 402. Fax number: +387 35 303 421. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to determine the situation of preterm births and early neonatal mortality during 2007-2014 in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: The study covers a 8-year period and is based on the protocols at the Tuzla Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics that covers all birth in Tuzla Canton area. We analyzed the gestational age of all newborns and recorded the number of neonatal deaths in the first week after birth. Demographics, pregnancy and birth characteristics were collected from the maternal records. Results. The total number of births in the period was 32738. Preterm birth was identified in 2401 (7.3%) cases with 12,5% occurring before 32 gestational weeks and 64% in 35-36 gestational weeks . The mothers of the 24-31 gws preterm group were significantly younger that those in the 32-36 group. In the 32-36 group there were significantly greater proportions of mothers with assisted reproductive technology and pre-eclampsia and 16.7% was medical induced preterm births versus 11.4 % in the 24-31 PTB group, p
DOI: 10.5455/msm.2016.28.32-35
Published online: 30/01/2016
Published print:02/2016
Received: 10 October 2015; Accepted: 15 November 2015 © 2016 Igor Hudic, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Fahrija Skokic, Zlatan Fatusic, Aida Zildzic-Moralic, Maida Skokic, Jasenko Fatusic This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ORIGINAL PAPER
Mater Sociomed. 2016 Feb; 28(1): 32-35
LOW PRETERM BIRTH RATE WITH DECREASING EARLY NEONATAL MORTALITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DURING 2007-2014 Igor Hudic1, Babill Stray-Pedersen2, Fahrija Skokic3, Zlatan Fatusic1, Aida Zildzic-Moralic4, Maida Skokic3, Jasenko Fatusic1 Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Division of Women and Children, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3 Children’s Hospital, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 Health Care Center, Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
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Corresponding author: Igor Hudic, MD. University Clinical Center Tuzla. Clinic for Ob/Gyn, Trnovac bb, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Phone number: +387 35 303 402. Fax number: +387 35 303 421. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to determine the situation of preterm births and early neonatal mortality during 2007-2014 in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: The study covers a 8-year period and is based on the protocols at the Tuzla Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics that covers all birth in Tuzla Canton area. We analyzed the gestational age of all newborns and recorded the number of neonatal deaths in the first week after birth. Demographics, pregnancy and birth characteristics were collected from the maternal records. Results. The total number of births in the period was 32738. Preterm birth was identified in 2401 (7.3%) cases with 12,5% occurring before 32 gestational weeks and 64% in 35-36 gestational weeks . The mothers of the 24-31 gws preterm group were significantly younger that those in the 32-36 group. In the 32-36 group there were significantly greater proportions of mothers with assisted reproductive technology and pre-eclampsia and 16.7% was medical induced preterm births versus 11.4 % in the 24-31 PTB group, p
