ReviewSeminars in fetal & neonatal medicine2017
Perinatal death investigations: What is current practice?
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Nursing Interventions to Facilitate the Grieving Process after Perinatal Death: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Dutch guideline for clinical foetal-neonatal and paediatric post-mortem radiology, including a review of literature.European journal of pediatrics · 2018Guideline
- (De)coding perinatal deaths: applying the International Classification of Diseases to perinatal mortality to a perinatal e-registry from 16 hospitals in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.Global health action · 2026Article
- Aetiology, survival time and mortality predictors among early neonates at two tertiary hospitals of Lusaka, Zambia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Towards improving maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in the African region: an analysis of 25 countries from 2015 until 2022.BMJ global health · 2026Review
- Unveiling Clinical Relevance: Investigating Placentas Submitted for Histological Examination and Their Correlation with Clinical Indications and Histological Findings.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identifying avoidable causes of perinatal deaths in a district hospital in Lesotho.Curationis · 2024Article
- Combined prenatal US and post-mortem fetal MRI: can they replace conventional autopsy for fetal body abnormalities?European radiology · 2024Article
- Stillbirth Investigations: An Iconographic and Concise Diagnostic Workup in Perinatal Pathology.Journal of laboratory physicians · 2023Review
- Ultra-high-field MRI of postmortem human fetal wrist joints: initial experience.European radiology experimental · 2023Article
- Genomic autopsy to identify underlying causes of pregnancy loss and perinatal death.Nature medicine · 2023Article
- Post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging with computed tomography-guided biopsy for foetuses and infants: a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Universal gestational diabetes screening and antepartum stillbirth rates in Austria-A population-based study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- Perinatal autopsy in Ghana: Healthcare workers knowledge and attitude.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- A review of findings from placental histology in cases of stillbirth following the amendment to the Coroner's Act.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Review
- A pragmatic evidence-based approach to post-mortem perinatal imaging.Insights into imaging · 2021Review
- Joint Modeling of Singleton Preterm Birth and Perinatal Death Using Birth Registry Cohort Data in Northern Tanzania.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Diagnostic value of virtual autopsy using pm-MRI at 3T on malformed second trimester fetuses vs classic autopsy.PloS one · 2021Article
- Prediction of perinatal death using machine learning models: a birth registry-based cohort study in northern Tanzania.BMJ open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Perinatal death (PD) is a devastating obstetric complication. Determination of cause of death helps in understanding why and how it occurs, and it is an indispensable aid to parents wanting to understand why their baby died and to determine the recurrence risk and management in subsequent pregnancy. Consequently, a perinatal death requires adequate diagnostic investigation. An important first step in the analysis of PD is to identify the case circumstances, including relevant details regarding maternal history, obstetric history and current pregnancy (complications are evaluated and recorded). In the next step, placental examination is suggested in all cases, together with molecular cytogenetic evaluation and fetal autopsy. Investigation for fetal-maternal hemorrhage by Kleihauer is also recommended as standard. In cases where parents do not consent to autopsy, alternative approaches such as minimally invasive postmortem examination, postmortem magnetic resonance imaging, and fetal photographs are good alternatives. After all investigations have been performed it is important to combine findings from the clinical review and investigations together, to identify the most probable cause of death and counsel the parents regarding their loss.
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