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Stillbirth

MedGen UID:
154536
Concept ID:
C0595939
Finding
Synonym: Stillbirths
SNOMED CT: SB - Stillbirth (237364002); Stillbirth (237364002)
 
HPO: HP:0003826

Definition

Death of the fetus in utero after at least 22 weeks of gestation. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Stepan H, Galindo A, Hund M, Schlembach D, Sillman J, Surbek D, Vatish M
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Feb;61(2):168-180. doi: 10.1002/uog.26032. PMID: 35816445
Obstet Gynecol 2021 Jun 1;137(6):e116-e127. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004410. PMID: 34011889
Melamed N, Baschat A, Yinon Y, Athanasiadis A, Mecacci F, Figueras F, Berghella V, Nazareth A, Tahlak M, McIntyre HD, Da Silva Costa F, Kihara AB, Hadar E, McAuliffe F, Hanson M, Ma RC, Gooden R, Sheiner E, Kapur A, Divakar H, Ayres-de-Campos D, Hiersch L, Poon LC, Kingdom J, Romero R, Hod M
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2021 Mar;152 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):3-57. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13522. PMID: 33740264Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Page JM, Silver RM
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2020 Sep;47(3):439-451. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2020.04.008. PMID: 32762929
Obstet Gynecol 2020 Mar;135(3):e110-e132. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003719. PMID: 32080052
Whitehead CL, Cohen N, Visser GHA, Farine D
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020 Nov;33(21):3713-3718. Epub 2019 Feb 22 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1582027. PMID: 30744445
Starikov R, Dudley D, Reddy UM
Curr Diab Rep 2015 Mar;15(3):11. doi: 10.1007/s11892-015-0580-y. PMID: 25667005
Collins JH
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2014 Oct;19(5):285-9. Epub 2014 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2014.08.008. PMID: 25172176

Diagnosis

Ramírez SI
Am Fam Physician 2023 Aug;108(2):139-150. PMID: 37590852
McNestry C, Killeen SL, Crowley RK, McAuliffe FM
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2023 May;102(5):523-531. Epub 2023 Feb 17 doi: 10.1111/aogs.14523. PMID: 36799269Free PMC Article
Carvajal A, Vigil-De Gracia P
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2022 Nov;4(6):100746. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100746. PMID: 36084787Free PMC Article
Greenstein J, Panzo W, O'Connor J, Hahn B
J Emerg Med 2016 Feb;50(2):333-4. Epub 2015 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.09.015. PMID: 26508699
Kersting A, Wagner B
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2012 Jun;14(2):187-94. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.2/akersting. PMID: 22754291Free PMC Article

Therapy

Simmons D, Immanuel J, Hague WM, Teede H, Nolan CJ, Peek MJ, Flack JR, McLean M, Wong V, Hibbert E, Kautzky-Willer A, Harreiter J, Backman H, Gianatti E, Sweeting A, Mohan V, Enticott J, Cheung NW; TOBOGM Research Group
N Engl J Med 2023 Jun 8;388(23):2132-2144. Epub 2023 May 5 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2214956. PMID: 37144983
Rolnik DL, Nicolaides KH, Poon LC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Feb;226(2S):S1108-S1119. Epub 2020 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.045. PMID: 32835720
Lindblad AJ, Koppula S
Can Fam Physician 2016 Feb;62(2):145. PMID: 26884528Free PMC Article
Kersting A, Wagner B
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2012 Jun;14(2):187-94. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.2/akersting. PMID: 22754291Free PMC Article
Lavender T, Hofmeyr GJ, Neilson JP, Kingdon C, Gyte GM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Mar 14;2012(3):CD004660. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004660.pub3. PMID: 22419296Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Morrow R, Andersen C, Khong TY
Pathology 2022 Dec;54(7):888-892. Epub 2022 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2022.04.009. PMID: 35864008
Page JM, Silver RM
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2020 Sep;47(3):439-451. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2020.04.008. PMID: 32762929
Ray JG, Zipursky J, Park AL
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Sep;219(3):307-308. Epub 2018 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.025. PMID: 29852158
Roncati L, Piscioli F, Pusiol T, Lavezzi AM
Folia Neuropathol 2017;55(2):79-85. doi: 10.5114/fn.2017.68576. PMID: 28677366
Walker KF, Cohen AL, Walker SH, Allen KM, Baines DL, Thornton JG
BJOG 2014 May;121(6):714-8. Epub 2014 Feb 13 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12544. PMID: 24521517

Clinical prediction guides

Jardine J
BJOG 2023 Aug;130(9):1071. Epub 2023 Apr 11 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17469. PMID: 37430433
Stepan H, Galindo A, Hund M, Schlembach D, Sillman J, Surbek D, Vatish M
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Feb;61(2):168-180. doi: 10.1002/uog.26032. PMID: 35816445
Baschat AA, Galan HL, Lee W, DeVore GR, Mari G, Hobbins J, Vintzileos A, Platt LD, Manning FA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Apr;226(4):475-486. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.01.020. PMID: 35369904
Rasmussen M, Reddy M, Nolan R, Camunas-Soler J, Khodursky A, Scheller NM, Cantonwine DE, Engelbrechtsen L, Mi JD, Dutta A, Brundage T, Siddiqui F, Thao M, Gee EPS, La J, Baruch-Gravett C, Santillan MK, Deb S, Ame SM, Ali SM, Adkins M, DePristo MA, Lee M, Namsaraev E, Gybel-Brask DJ, Skibsted L, Litch JA, Santillan DA, Sazawal S, Tribe RM, Roberts JM, Jain M, Høgdall E, Holzman C, Quake SR, Elovitz MA, McElrath TF
Nature 2022 Jan;601(7893):422-427. Epub 2022 Jan 5 doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04249-w. PMID: 34987224Free PMC Article
Gueneuc A, Deloron P, Bertin GI
Malar J 2017 Jan 3;16(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1664-0. PMID: 28049536Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Rathore SS, Oberoi S, Hilliard J, Raja R, Ahmed NK, Vishwakarma Y, Iqbal K, Kumari C, Velasquez-Botero F, Nieto-Salazar MA, Cortes GAM, Akomaning E, Musa IEM
Trop Med Int Health 2022 Jul;27(7):619-629. Epub 2022 Jun 11 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13783. PMID: 35689528
Saccone G, Gragnano E, Ilardi B, Marrone V, Strina I, Venturella R, Berghella V, Zullo F
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2022 Oct;159(1):43-55. Epub 2022 Feb 7 doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14100. PMID: 35044694Free PMC Article
Chersich MF, Pham MD, Areal A, Haghighi MM, Manyuchi A, Swift CP, Wernecke B, Robinson M, Hetem R, Boeckmann M, Hajat S; Climate Change and Heat-Health Study Group
BMJ 2020 Nov 4;371:m3811. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3811. PMID: 33148618Free PMC Article
Lean SC, Derricott H, Jones RL, Heazell AEP
PLoS One 2017;12(10):e0186287. Epub 2017 Oct 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186287. PMID: 29040334Free PMC Article
Rabie N, Magann E, Steelman S, Ounpraseuth S
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017 Apr;49(4):442-449. doi: 10.1002/uog.15929. PMID: 27062200

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