ArticleArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition2007
Perinatal and infant autopsy.
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- Dutch guideline for clinical foetal-neonatal and paediatric post-mortem radiology, including a review of literature.European journal of pediatrics · 2018Guideline
- Interventions for supporting parents' decisions about autopsy after stillbirth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Minimally invasive, imaging guided virtual autopsy compared to conventional autopsy in foetal, newborn and infant cases: study protocol for the paediatric virtual autopsy trial.BMC pediatrics · 2014Trial
- Parental counselling and autopsy results: A retrospective diagnostic cohort study at a multidisciplinary fetal neurology clinic.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- An audit of autopsy-confirmed diagnostic errors in perinatal deaths: What are the most common major missed diagnoses.Heliyon · 2023Article
- The key role of examining the placenta in establishing a probable cause for stillbirth.Placenta · 2022Article
- Autopsy and pre-mortem diagnostic discrepancy review in an Irish tertiary PICU.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Fetal, neonatal, and infant death in central China (Hubei): A 16-year retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases.Medicine · 2019Article
- Emerging Lingo-Cultural Inequality in Infant Autopsy in Quebec, Canada.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
- The Value of Autopsy in Neonates in the 21st Century.Neonatology · 2019Article
- Decreasing use of autopsy for stillbirths and infant deaths: missed opportunity.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Article
- [Clinical autopsies in Switzerland : A status report].Der Pathologe · 2017Review
- Value of postmortem studies in deceased neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit patients.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2017Article
- Parental decision making around perinatal autopsy: a qualitative investigation.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Article
- Decision influences and aftermath: parents, stillbirth and autopsy.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo measure perinatal and infant autopsy rate in Wales over a 10-year period and study factors influencing the decision to perform an autopsy.
designRetrospective cohort analysis of data from the All Wales Perinatal Survey.
methodsAutopsy rates were calculated over a 10-year period (1994-2003), and reasons for not performing an autopsy were noted. Two time periods, 1994-1996 and 2001-2003 were compared, to study changing autopsy patterns.
resultsOver the 10-year period, there were 4393 perinatal and infant deaths, with data available for 4306 (98%) cases. Consent for autopsy was requested in 89% of cases and granted in 68%. When compared, the 3-year cumulative autopsy rate fell from 67.5% (95% confidence interval (CI) 65% to 69%) in 1994-1996, to 52.7% (CI 49% to 55%) in 2001-2003. The difference in the proportion of autopsies performed between the two time periods was 14.8% (CI 11% to 18%). Parental consent was granted in 76.2% (CI 73% to 78%) of cases in 1994-1996 and 60% (CI 57% to 63%) of cases in 2001-2003. The difference in proportion in consent for autopsy in the two time periods was 16% (CI 12% to 20%).
conclusionsA decrease in perinatal and infant autopsy rates has been found in Wales over the past 10 years. Parental refusal has been the main cause of this decline.
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