Infant Death

12/01/2003 - "The objectives of the study were: 1) To determine the risk of infant mortality associated with prenatal cigarette smoking; 2) To assess whether the relationship, if existent, was dose-dependent; 3) To explore the morbidity pathway that explains the effect of tobacco smoke on infant mortality, and 4) to compute excess infant deaths attributable to maternal smoking in the United States. "
06/12/2020 - "Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) and inappropriate sleep position/environments contribute to preventable infant deaths. "
01/01/2020 - "We estimated that had all smoke-free legislation introduced since 2004 been comprehensive, an additional 10 091 infant deaths (95% CI 1196 to 21 761) could have been averted. "
04/01/2012 - "The health disparity in this population of impoverished, rural, pregnant women who smoke, particularly in regard to perinatal and infant deaths, warrants attention."
01/26/2012 - "Neuropathology of the area postrema in sudden intrauterine and infant death syndromes related to tobacco smoke exposure."

01/01/1985 - "We describe a study of 24 consecutive sudden infant deaths in which Perls' method for staining of iron in lung sections has been employed in addition to standard post-mortem procedures. "
05/30/2009 - "Alveolar HLMs may be identified in a significant minority of sudden infant deaths following routine histological examination of the lungs with special stains for iron pigment. "
07/06/2011 - "Brain iron accumulation in unexplained fetal and infant death victims with smoker mothers--the possible involvement of maternal methemoglobinemia."
12/01/2002 - "Because iron-laden macrophages often are not recognized on routine examination with hematoxylin and eosin staining, iron stains may be helpful in the evaluation of infant deaths. "
07/06/2011 - "In this study we aimed to evaluate whether oxidative metabolites from maternal cigarette smoke could affect iron homeostasis in the brain of victims of sudden unexplained fetal and infant death, maybe through the induction of maternal hemoglobin damage, such as in case of methemoglobinemia. "

12/01/2022 - "The results show that in regions with low incidence of infant mortality, a 10% improvement in electricity access reduces infant death by 11.8 per 1,000 live births, whereas in high mortality regions, improvement in electricity access has no impact on infant death. "
05/01/2009 - "A 10% increase in the poverty rate was associated with a 2.1 per thousand increase in infant deaths. "
01/01/2009 - "Based on this elasticity, a 10% increase in per capita health expenditure means that a country such as Papua New Guinea, with a high infant mortality rate, would see a reduction of 3.6 infant deaths per 1000 live births, with an average reduction of 2.0 infant deaths per 1000 live births for the Pacific Island countries. "
08/01/2007 - "The exception was sulphur dioxide (SO2), of which a 10 mug/m(3) increase was associated with a RR of 1.02 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.04) in all infant deaths. "
03/01/2013 - "The single study that estimated infant death showed a 10% higher frequency among infants of mothers with syphilis. "

01/01/2023 - "HRV would result in more health benefits as it incurs fewer RV-related cases, medical visits, hospitalizations, and infant deaths than the other vaccines due to its early protection achieved after only two doses to complete its schedule. "
01/01/2021 - "While the findings in this paper are not proof of an association between infant vaccines and infant deaths, they are highly suggestive of a causal relationship."
01/01/2021 - "A review of the medical literature substantiates a link between vaccines and sudden unexplained infant deaths. "
01/01/2021 - "Of 2605 infant deaths reported to VAERS from 1990 through 2019, 58 % clustered within 3 days post-vaccination and 78.3 % occurred within 7 days post-vaccination, confirming that infant deaths tend to occur in temporal proximity to vaccine administration. "
01/01/2021 - "In this paper, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database was analyzed to ascertain the onset interval of infant deaths post-vaccination. "

06/01/1979 - "Examination of trends in New Zealand, Switzerland and Finland, which have each introduced iodization programmes, confirms the largely beneficial effect of iodine supplementation on the rate of infant death due to congenital anomalies."
01/01/1993 - "The evidence is also strong that iodine supplementation is effective in preventing both varieties of endemic cretinism, provided it is given before conception; early fetal and infant death may also be prevented. "
03/01/1976 - "More stillbirths, infant deaths and endemic cretins occurred among the offspring of women who showed biochemical evidence of iodine deficiency, without clinical evidence of hypothyroidism. "
07/01/1992 - "Iodine deficiency (ID) causes goiter, cretinism, neonatal hypothyroidism, irreversible mental retardation, and child and infant death. "

12/01/2002 - "Because iron-laden macrophages often are not recognized on routine examination with hematoxylin and eosin staining, iron stains may be helpful in the evaluation of infant deaths. "

12/01/2002 - "Because iron-laden macrophages often are not recognized on routine examination with hematoxylin and eosin staining, iron stains may be helpful in the evaluation of infant deaths. "

10/01/2018 - "There was also no clear effect on the risk of stillbirth or infant death before discharge from hospital (11 trials, 15,665 babies: RR 0.90, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.09).One study showed a reduction in childhood systolic BP greater than 95th percentile among children exposed to calcium supplementation in utero (514 children: RR 0.59, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.91). "
06/24/2014 - "There was no overall effect on the risk of stillbirth or infant death before discharge from hospital (11 trials 15,665 babies: RR 0.90, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.09; I² = 0%).One study showed a reduction in childhood systolic BP greater than 95th percentile among children exposed to calcium supplementation in utero (514 children: RR 0.59, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.91). "
02/01/2017 - "Cardiopulmonary adverse events included a report of eight cardiopulmonary events related to concomitant ceftriaxone-calcium infusion, including seven infant deaths. "
09/01/2008 - "Isolated reports of neonatal and infant deaths associated with ceftriaxone-calcium precipitation in the lungs and kidneys have prompted a recommendation from the US FDA in June 2007 advising that in patients of all ages, calcium-containing solutions should not be administered simultaneously or within 48 h of the last ceftriaxone dose. "

01/01/2023 - "The aim was to study whether non-combustible nicotine (Swedish snuff) use in pregnancy is associated with elevated risk of post neonatal mortality, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and to study how cessation before the antenatal booking influenced these risks. "
07/06/2011 - "We propose that the free iron deposition in the brain of sudden fetal and infant death victims could be a catabolic product of maternal methemoglobinemia, a biomarker of oxidative stress likely due to nicotine absorption."
01/01/2018 - "Several studies conducted in the past decade have confirmed neuropathological and neurochemical anomalies related to serotonin transporter, substance P, acetylcholine α7 nicotine receptors, etc., in sudden unexplained fetal and infant deaths. "

10/26/2010 - "The finding of this study suggests that given the geographical variation in tube-well water contamination, higher fetal loss and infant deaths were observed in the areas of higher arsenic concentrations in groundwater. "
10/26/2010 - "The aim of this study was to identify spatial and spatiotemporal clustering of fetal loss and infant death, and spatial relationships between high and low clusters of fetal loss and infant death rates and high and low clusters of arsenic concentrations in tube-well water used for drinking. "
01/01/2005 - "These study findings suggest that chronic arsenic exposure may increase the risk of fetal and infant death."
10/26/2010 - "Spatial patterns of fetal loss and infant death in an arsenic-affected area in Bangladesh."
06/15/2007 - "There was a significant dose response of arsenic exposure to risk of infant death (p = 0.02). "

04/01/2012 - "Prenatal care was protective against infant deaths in women < 15 years of age. "
09/01/1987 - "Using South Carolina and North Carolina live birth-infant death cohort files for 1978-1982, this study examines the extent to which variations in prenatal care utilization may be associated with racial disparities in pregnancy outcome within maternal sociomedical risk groups. "
10/15/2023 - "Our key outcome variables were prenatal care initiation; birth outcomes (<2500 g; <1500 g; <37 weeks; <28 weeks; 5-min Apgar); delivery outcomes (cesarean, induction, hospital birth); and infant death (<1 year of birth; <=30 days of birth; <=7 days of birth; <= 1 day after birth). "
10/01/2023 - "Thirty-three factors related to birth facility, prenatal care and pregnancy history, labor and delivery, and newborn characteristics were used to predict infant death. "
01/01/2021 - "Educational attainment, quality of prenatal care and access to health professionals are also elements impacting infant deaths. "

03/01/2000 - "To assess the effects of improved survival and changes in time until death, we calculated the total days of life preceding an infant death per 1000 live born infants (TDD). "

01/01/2017 - "Trial of labour after caesarean section and the risk of neonatal and infant death: a nationwide cohort study."
01/01/2023 - "The secondary outcomes were neonatal intensive care unit, infant death, prenatal death, and cesarean section. "
07/01/2022 - "There is growing international concern about the increased rate of caesarean sections (CS), Caesarean procedures performed in the absence of a clinical justification do not reduce maternal or infant death rates if carried out at a rate higher than 10%-15% Achieving reductions in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are, among others, the objectives promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2030. "
01/01/2020 - "Implication of Vaginal and Cesarean Section Delivery Method in Black-White Differentials in Infant Mortality in the United States: Linked Birth/Infant Death Records, 2007-2016."
01/01/2017 - "We intended to refine optimal GWG for each prepregnancy BMI unit in relation to the risk of small- and large-for-gestational-age (SGA and LGA) births, cesarean section (C-section) and infant death. "

04/01/1989 - "This study examines the biological influence of infant death or subsequent fertility in 3 Asian countries (Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka), comparing the birth interval between 2 consecutive births up to the 6th birth by survival status of the preceding infant among breast feeding women not using contraception. "
04/01/1989 - "This study examines the biological influence of infant death on subsequent fertility in three Asian countries--Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka, comparing the birth interval between two consecutive births up to the sixth birth by survival status of the preceding infant among breast-feeding women not using contraception. "
01/01/2021 - "The incidence of low birth weight and fetal/infant deaths increased (declined) as the cost of birth control pills rose (fell). "
12/16/1977 - "Abandonment of breast-feeding in parts of the world where contraception is not in common use may mean both higher birthrates and, especially among the poor, higher infant death rates. "
07/01/2003 - "Fertility related indicators such as young maternal age, absence from contraception, birth intervals, and prenatal care, seem to exert significant effect on the increased probability of infant death. "

01/01/1999 - " Failure to deliver on the promised financial support for the ICPD goals will result in higher levels of unintended pregnancies, induced abortions, cases of maternal mortality, and infant deaths. "
09/01/1998 - " At least 27% of the sample reported pregnancy loss (including induced abortion), and 13% of the women who had a live birth experienced an infant death (16% from Uttar Pradesh and 10% from Tamil Nadu). "
07/01/1970 - " The mean maternal age was 30.12; the mean pregnancy rate was 5.22/patient; the mean livebirth rate was 4.73/patient; the mean survivor rate was 4.44/patient; the mean abortion rate was .486/patient; and the mean infant death rate was . "
01/01/1995 - "[Viewpoints of 7 religions on contraception, prenatal diagnosis, induced abortion and infant death]."
09/01/1991 - " While FHI, along with other agencies, has been actively promoting and contributing to ongoing international family planning efforts since its creation in 1971, the period 1971-91 has, nonetheless, witness more births, maternal deaths, induced abortions, and infant deaths than over any 20-year span in history. "