Causes of death and associated conditions (CODAC) - a utilitarian approach to the classification of perinatal deaths Froen JF et al. - The authors suggest reporting not only the main cause of death, but also the associated relevant conditions so that common scenarios of combined conditions and events are captured. The appropriately applied CODAC system promises to better manage information on causes of perinatal deaths, the conditions associated with them, and the most common clinical scenarios for future study and comparisons. [more...]
