| Placental findings contributing to fetal death, a study of 120 stillbirths between 23 and 40 weeks gestation. | |
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PMID: 19535137 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Intrauterine fetal death is an agonizing, often unpredictable event. Autopsies of stillborn fetuses, including placentas, are performed to clarify the cause of death. Autopsy results are not always easily understood by the patients or their healthcare providers. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate placental causes of death in stillbirths based on autopsy and placental findings that are related to maternal underperfusion, fetal underperfusion, or inflammatory etiologies in hierarchical order. METHODS: Retrospective review of 120 autopsy reports of singleton stillborn fetuses and placentas from 23 to 40 weeks of gestation. RESULTS: Among the placental causes of death there were 54(51%) cases with direct cause or major contributor to death in the etiology of maternal vascular supply abnormalities, 28(26%) cases in the etiology of fetal vascular supply abnormalities and 13(12%) in the etiology of inflammatory lesions. Maternal vascular supply abnormalities were more common in preterm stillbirths and fetal vascular supply abnormalities were more common among term stillbirths. In 88% of stillbirths, the direct cause or a major contributor to death was found in the placentas. The incidence of unexplained death was 8%. CONCLUSIONS: Pathological analysis of the placenta is essential for clarifying causes of stillbirths. Using specific simplified categories for abnormal placental findings may increase the benefits of the autopsy report. |
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Authors:
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D Kidron; J Bernheim; R Aviram |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-06-16 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Placenta Volume: 30 ISSN: 1532-3102 ISO Abbreviation: Placenta Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-28 Completed Date: 2009-10-21 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8006349 Medline TA: Placenta Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 700-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pathology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Sava and Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
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Autopsy Female Fetal Death / etiology, pathology* Gestational Age Humans Israel Placenta / abnormalities, blood supply, pathology* Pregnancy Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Stillbirth |
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