| perinatal care | The care and management of the foetus and newborn infant in the perinatal period before, during, and after delivery. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| perinatal death | An inclusive term referring to both stillborn infants and neonatal death's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perinatal medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the foetus and infant during the perinatal period. The perinatal period begins with the twenty-eighth week of gestation and ends twenty-eight days after birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perinatal torsion | Tends to be extravaginal type. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perinatal transmission | <microbiology, paediatrics> Transmission of a pathogen, such as HIV, from mother to baby during birth. See: Vertical Transmission. (09 Oct 1997) |
| maternal mortality | Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mortality | The death rate. The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hospital mortality | A vital statistic measuring or recording the rate of death from any cause in hospitalised populations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| standardised mortality ratio | The ratio of the number of events observed in a population to the number that would be expected if the population had the same distribution as a standard or reference population. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infant mortality | Perinatal, neonatal, and infant deaths in a given population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| type II mortality | <epidemiology> A mortality schedule in which all hosts are assumed to die at a constant rate. This constant rate is equal to the inverse of the life expectancy. (05 Dec 1998) |
| type I mortality | <epidemiology> A mortality schedule in which all hosts are assumed to live for a fixed number of years equal to the life expectancy. (05 Dec 1998) |
| abortion rate | The number of abortions per 1000 terminated pregnancies during a given period of time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| age-specific rate | A rate for a specified age group, in which the numerator and denominator refer to the same age group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| attack rate | A cumulative incidence rate used for particular groups observed for limited periods under special circumstances, such as during an epidemic. (05 Mar 2000) |