Poster

Posters will describe how the Pediatric Immunization Program at the University of Chicago Medical Center ("Birth PIP") improves on-time immunization compliance. They will also discuss the importance of including fetal mortality with infant mortality, for a feto-infant mortality rate, to more accurately depict the burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Other posters will define hypoxic-ischemic insult, describe the effect of hypoxia-ischemia on the neonate brain, analyze the effects of hypoxic preconditioning on hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns, and discuss risk factors for hypoxia-ischemia.

Session Objectives: • Compare the distribution and determinants of fetal and early neonatal mortality. • Name three leading determinants for both fetal and early neonatal mortality. • Assess the extent of protection of brain from damage caused by hypoxia-ischemia. • Recognize the importance of a life-course model in investigating infant mortality in the context of maternal social origin and achieved status.