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- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Prepregnancy Problems
- Section 2 Early Prenatal Problems
- Section 3 Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems
- Chapter 9 Prenatal Fetal Surveillance (Content last reviewed: 15th December 2018)
- Chapter 10 Fetal Growth Disorders (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 11 Disorders of Amniotic Fluid (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 12 Fetal Hemolytic Disease (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 13 Fetal Thrombocytopenia (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 14 Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 15 Fetal Cardiac Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 16 Fetal Craniospinal and Facial Abnormalities
- Chapter 17 Fetal Genitourinary Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 18 Fetal Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 19 Fetal Skeletal Abnormalities
- Chapter 20 Fetal Tumors (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 21 Fetal Hydrops (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 22 Fetal Death
- Section 4 Problems Associated with Infection
- Chapter 24 Hepatitis Virus Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 25 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 26 Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Varicella, and Parvovirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 27 Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Adenovirus, Coxsackievirus, and Human Papillomavirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th June 2018)
- Chapter 29 Other Infectious Conditions in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Section 5 Late Pregnancy – Maternal Problems
- Section 6 Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems
- Section 7 Postnatal Problems
- Section 8 Normal Values
- Index
- References
Chapter 22 - Fetal Death
from Section 3 - Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2017
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Prepregnancy Problems
- Section 2 Early Prenatal Problems
- Section 3 Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems
- Chapter 9 Prenatal Fetal Surveillance (Content last reviewed: 15th December 2018)
- Chapter 10 Fetal Growth Disorders (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 11 Disorders of Amniotic Fluid (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 12 Fetal Hemolytic Disease (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 13 Fetal Thrombocytopenia (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 14 Fetal Cardiac Arrhythmias (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 15 Fetal Cardiac Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 16 Fetal Craniospinal and Facial Abnormalities
- Chapter 17 Fetal Genitourinary Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 18 Fetal Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Abnormalities (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 19 Fetal Skeletal Abnormalities
- Chapter 20 Fetal Tumors (Content last reviewed: 15th February 2018)
- Chapter 21 Fetal Hydrops (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 22 Fetal Death
- Section 4 Problems Associated with Infection
- Chapter 24 Hepatitis Virus Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 25 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 26 Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Varicella, and Parvovirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 27 Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Adenovirus, Coxsackievirus, and Human Papillomavirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th June 2018)
- Chapter 29 Other Infectious Conditions in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Section 5 Late Pregnancy – Maternal Problems
- Section 6 Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems
- Section 7 Postnatal Problems
- Section 8 Normal Values
- Index
- References
Summary
The US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) defines fetal death as “death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy.” This definition is subcategorized by the gestational age at which the demise occurred: embryonic death at ≤ 12+6 weeks, early fetal death at 13–19+6 weeks’ gestation, intermediate fetal death at 20–27+6 weeks’ gestation, and late fetal death at ≥28 weeks’ gestation. The NCHS recommends reporting fetal deaths at ≥ 20 weeks’ gestation or, should the gestational age be unknown, a fetal weight of ≥ 350 grams, which represents the 50th percentile of weight at 20 weeks. Excluded from the definition of fetal death and associated statistics are losses due to induction after previable premature rupture of membranes or terminations/inductions for lethal fetal anomalies.
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- High-Risk PregnancyManagement Options, pp. 567 - 578Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2017