[Incidence of perinatal mortality of intrauterine retardation]

The authors analyze 5 years obstetric data of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postgraduate Medical School, Budapest, Hungary. They carried out statistical analysis of certain parameters--examined in 9781 newborn, all of them were born following a well established period of gestation and the expected date of delivery was determined in all the cases. Frequency of intrauterine growth retardation in this group of patients has been found to be 5,41%. Mean perinatal mortality rate of dysmature babies was 58,60% and that of retarded newborns -- born at term -- was 27,58%. Perinatal mortality rate of small-for-date babies is 3,5 times higher than the so called "total perinatal mortality" of the Institute, whereas perinatal mortality of the immatures born at term is 3 times higher as compared to normal eutrophic newborns of the same age group.