Introduction: Intrapartum stillbirth is an indicator of health and community development.
Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with intrapartum stillbirth in a tertiary teaching hospital in Burkina Faso.
Patients and methods: A case-control study conducted from January 1 to August 30, 2019. Cases were defined as patients admitted to Yalgado Ouedraogo teaching hospital (YOTH) with a live fetus of at least 28 weeks’ gestation and who gave birth to an intrapartum stillborn, a fetus delivered without any signs of life in the first minute postpartum. Controls were defined as patients who delivered a live newborn. Study controls were gradually recruited and matched to cases. For each case, two controls were recruited and matched according to criteria such as delivery route and day of delivery. Data were cleaned in Epidata and exported to Stata for analysis. Variables with a p

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