Risk of mortality for small newborns in Brazil, 2011-2018: A national birth cohort study of 17.6 million records from routine register-based linked data

• Main Authors: Enny S. Paixao, Ph.D (Author), Hannah Blencowe, MD, Ph.D (Author), Ila Rocha Falcao, Ph.D (Author), Eric O. Ohuma, Ph.D (Author), Aline dos Santos Rocha (Author), Flávia Jôse Oliveira Alves (Author), Maria da Conceição N. Costa, MD, Ph.D (Author), Lorena Suárez-Idueta (Author), Naiá Ortelan, Ph.D (Author), Liam Smeeth, MD, Ph.D (Author), Laura C. Rodrigues, MD, Ph.D (Author), Joy E Lawn, MB BS, Ph.D (Author), Marcia Furquim de Almeida, MD, Ph.D (Author), Maria Yury Ichihara, MD, PhD (Author), Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva, Ph.D (Author), Maria Gloria Teixeira, MD, Ph.D (Author), Mauricio L. Barreto, MD, Ph.D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Preterm birth (<37 weeks), low birth weight (LBW,<2500g), and small for gestational age (SGA,<10th centile of birth weight for gestational age and sex) are markers of newborn vulnerability with a high risk of mortality. We estimated the prevalence of phenotypes combining these t...