All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Introduction: Low income countries including India have an unacceptability high stillbirth rates however there is very little epidemiological information about it from these setting. Objectives: To determine risk factors of stillbirth in a tertiary care hospital. Design: Case control study Method: Stillbirth was defined as death of a fetus beyond 22 week of gestation or with low birth weight >500 gm. Women (n= 100) who delivered stillborn baby were included consecutively from labor room records. The live birth that followed the stillbirth was taken as control (n= 100). The demographic and obstetric details of eligible cases were retrieved using a predesigned proforma.