A New System for Determining the Causes of Stillbirth
Dudley DJ, Goldenberg R, Conway D, Silver RM, Saade GR, Varner MW, Pinar H, Coustan D, Bukowski R, Stoll B, Koch MA, Parker CB, Reddy UM. A New System for Determining the Causes of Stillbirth. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2010, 116: 254-260. PMID: 20664383, PMCID: PMC3832680, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0b013e3181e7d975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of deathStillbirth Collaborative Research NetworkFetal deathInitial causePlacental pathologic findingsPlacental pathology dataCauses of stillbirthMaternal medical conditionsMedical record abstractionStrict diagnostic criteriaHistologic chorioamnionitisObstetric complicationsPlacental infectionFetal infectionPlacental pathologyRecord abstractionGestational agePathologic findingsPathophysiologic sequencePrenatal careClinical evaluationHematologic conditionsMaternal interviewsPostmortem examinationMedical conditions