2017
DOI: 10.18639/rabm.2017.03.513787
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Neonatal Deaths and Autopsy Rates in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital: A 10-Year Trend Analysis in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

Abstract: The pains and challenges of pregnancy and delivery are made worse when the resultant neonate dies. Fortunately, many of these neonatal deaths can be prevented if autopsies are routinely conducted to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of death toward subsequent prevention. Unfortunately, there is paucity of studies on neonatal autopsy rates (NARs) in many developing countries, with few reports indicating unacceptably low rates. This study was therefore aimed at assessing the trend in neonatal deaths and … Show more

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“…Neonatal Autopsy rate in our locality is low [7] and consent for such a procedure is difficulty to obtain from relatives or parents due to religious and cultural beliefs. The identification of the type of congenital heart defects is a great challenge by managing clinicians with over reliance on imaging studies such as echocardiogram.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Neonatal Autopsy rate in our locality is low [7] and consent for such a procedure is difficulty to obtain from relatives or parents due to religious and cultural beliefs. The identification of the type of congenital heart defects is a great challenge by managing clinicians with over reliance on imaging studies such as echocardiogram.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%