Fetal Death: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Fetal Death

Abortion occurred in 85.4% of women with missed abortion and in 86% of women with fetal death. In both groups, the mean induction time was less than 12 h. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death NOS Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death after completion of 20 weeks of gestation Maternal care for late fetal death [icd10data.com]

We recommend its abandonment and in its place the use of the following terms: first trimester intrauterine fetal death, second trimester intrauterine fetal death, and anembryonic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gaucher Disease

In some cases without hydrops, neurological signs occur in the first week of life and lead to death within 3 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This type is very severe and associated with death before 3 months of age or even in the womb. [rarediseases.org]

The most distinct features of perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease are non-immune hydrops fetalis, in utero fetal demise and neonatal distress. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gaucher Disease Type 2

Some newborns present with fetal hydrops or congenital ichthyosis. Infants rapidly progress to total disability and death by 2 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

NP-C can present in the neonatal period with fetal hydrops and cholestatic jaundice. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In severe cases, infiltrative pulmonary disease and liver failure lead to death within the first few months of life. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abruptio Placentae

Five days after the accident, however, a cardiotocographic examination showed fetal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

death; fetal growth retardation; intrauterine growth retardation; placenta abruptio; placenta diseases; thrombophilia in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from [amp.pharm.mssm.edu]

fetal death, severe maternal shock, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and renal failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Spontaneous Abortion

The authors report three cases of immunologic spontaneous abortions and fetal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In animal studies, a dose dependent increased risk of fetal death has been observed after use of antiepileptics. [youtube.com]

Fetal death after week 20 is termed fetal death in utero (FDIU). [radiopaedia.org]

Fetal Distress in Labor

The alleged ''fetal distress'' resulted in a brain-damaged infant or an intrapartum fetal death. [europeanmedical.info]

Placental infarction in a preeclampsis complicated by fetal death. [oatext.com]

The term fetal distress is commonly used to describe fetal hypoxia (low oxygen levels in the fetus), which can result in fetal damage or death if it is not reversed or if [medicinenet.com]

Fetal Trauma

Fetal traumatic injury–related death was 5.4 per 1000 fetal deaths, with a range by state of 0 to 10. [jamanetwork.com]

Fetal injury death rates were calculated as the number of fetal deaths per 100 000 live births in the midpoint year of 1996 28 and the number of traumatic fetal deaths per [jamanetwork.com]

Three patients died (3.7%), 23 had the pregnancy acutely terminated (30%), and 14 suffered fetal death (17.5%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Placental Infarction

Such a lesion has been associated with a high risk of fetal death and abruption placentae. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Placental Infarction And Fetal Death If the infarction is a maternal floor infarction, it can lead to uteroplacental insufficiency and fetal demise. [wheniampregnant.com]

At 21 weeks and 4 days a fetal death was diagnosed. [karger.com]

Cholestasis of Pregnancy

1% hepatic rupture ≤ 10% maternal death Outcome 1% maternal death 1%-30% fetal death Up to 45% fetal death Management Successful management strategies rely on early diagnosis [wjgnet.com]

Effects on the Fetus • Serious implications • Increased incidence of prematurity and fetal death. [slideshare.net]

Gut 1995;37:580-584. ^ Puljic A, Kim E, Page J, et al: The risk of infant and fetal death by each additional week of expectant management in intrahepatic choelstasis of pregnancy [en.wikipedia.org]

Extreme Fetal Immaturity

‘Fetal death of an unspecified cause’ accounted for 37.2% of all fetal deaths. [health.govt.nz]

There are also regional differences in the rates of underreporting of fetal deaths and missing data on fetal deaths. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This problem can become severe very quickly and lead to neurologic injury or fetal death. How does hydrops fetalis affect my pregnancy? [chw.org]

Lithopedion

Fetal death. INTRODUCTION Lithopedion ( litho = stone; pedion = child) is the name given to an extra-uterine pregnancy that evolves to fetal death and calcification. [doi.org]

Fetal death. INTRODUCTION Lithopedion (litho = stone; pedion = child) is the name given to an extra-uterine pregnancy that evolves to fetal death and calcification. [scielo.br]

1,2,4 The development of this pregnancy is the same as for abdominal intra-uterine pregnancy until fetal death. [doi.org]

Fetal Erythroblastosis

Epinephrine resuscitation could only temporarily improve the fetal heart rate and fetal death was inevitable. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In severe cases, HDFN may lead to fetal anaemia with a risk for fetal death and to severe forms of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia with a risk for kernicterus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Either disease may be apparent before birth and can cause fetal death in some cases. [amazon.com]

Placental Disorder

death and abruptio placenta. [books.google.ro]

It is also a major contributing factor to perinatal death, fetal growth restriction and preterm birth. [thewomens.org.au]

Fetal vascular abnormalities ( Kovo, Schreiber & Bar, 2013 ) are extensively involved in early and late fetal death rather than maternal vascular lesions. [peerj.com]

Fetal Hypoxia

death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In intrauterine fetal death (Fig. 1) and in depressed newborns (Tab. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Supervisor: Professor Dino Giussani Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and fetal death in the UK, imposing a substantial burden on our nation’s health and wealth. [trophoblast.cam.ac.uk]

Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion

Fetal death and early delivery are classified as follows: Abortion: Death of the fetus or passage of products of conception (fetus and placenta) before 20 wk gestation Fetal [msdmanuals.com]

There is a slight difference in timeframe definition of the term abortion versus fetal death, when we talk about the transition from ICD-9-CM to CD-10-CM. [medicalbillingcodings.org]

Until ICD-10-CM is implemented, coders should continue to code based upon ICD-9-CM coding guidelines and the definition of a fetal death (e.g., intra-uterine fetal demise) [blr.hcpro.com]

Intrahepatic Cholestasis

BACKGROUND: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal death. The mechanism of death is unknown. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, in utero fetal death occurred 9 hours after normal cardiotocography. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fetal symptoms include spontaneous preterm labor, fetal distress, and intrauterine death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Placenta Membranacea

[…] after fetal death. [glowm.com]

This condition is associated with recurrent antepartum bleeding, abortion in the second trimester of the pregnancy, preterm delivery, fetal death, intra-uterine growth retardation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

FETAL DEATH Intrauterine fetal death is the ultimate failure in the mechanism of the fetoplacental unit. Causes of fetal demise differ with gestational age. [glowm.com]

Placental Cyst

[…] distress or even fetal death occurs. [rubilyyours.com]

[…] growth restriction secondary to the cyst or an intraamniotic rupture leading to fetal death. [slideplayer.com]

[…] complications: Fetal deaths due to prematurity and anoxia due to placental separation. [rubilyyours.com]

Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis

Approximately half of the pregnancies with cardiac anomalies (8/13) resulted in intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) or early neonatal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fetal death was found to cause false positive values for mucopolysaccharides in amniotic fluid. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All pregnancies with nonimmune hydrops resulted in abortion, intrauterine fetal death, or termination of the pregnancy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Erythema Infectiosum

In pregnant women, however, it may be associated with fetal death and nonimmune hydrops fetalis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hydrops fetalis and fetal death are complications of intrauterine parvovirus B19 infection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The risk of fetal death is 2 to 6% after maternal infection, with risk greatest during the first half of pregnancy. [msdmanuals.com]

Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

One (9.1%) maternal death and one (7.2%) fetal death occurred. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

death at 34 weeks of gestation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An 18-year-old, African American woman, gravida 1, presented at 33 weeks' gestation with signs and symptoms consistent with acute fatty liver of pregnancy and fetal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Placenta Circumvallata

The incidence of premature delivery, oligohydramnios, non-reassuring fetal status on cardiotocogram, placental abruption and intrauterine fetal death in patients complicated [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Results: The incidence of premature delivery, oligohydramnios, non‐reassuring fetal status on cardiotocogram, placental abruption and intrauterine fetal death in patients [doi.org]

[…] demise Amnionic bands Delicate or robust bands of amnion Amputation of fetal parts Fetal death Abnormalities of the umbilical cord Cord length Measure cord length and include [aafp.org]

Oligohydramnios

This findings could imply that both the fetal death and the placental insufficiency were the results of the cord torsion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

particularly those that decrease urine production Fetal death Idiopathic Complications of oligohydramnios include the following: Fetal death Intrauterine growth restriction [msdmanuals.com]

Intrauterine fetal death was observed in a woman at 35 gestational weeks shortly after she was admitted to hospital due to suspected placental insufficiency expressed by oligohydramnios [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy

If the uterus ruptures during pregnancy, the risk of maternal and/or fetal death increases exponentially. [babymed.com]

Still, if a uterine rupture does occur, a doctor might have only 10–30 minutes to prevent fetal death or irreversible brain injury. [pregnancycorner.com]

death. [ijogr.com]

Placental Transfusion Syndrome

Unlike laser therapy, the risk of fetal death and neurologic sequelae increases with increasing Quintero Stage. [fetalhealthfoundation.org]

This may lead to heart failure, generalized soft tissue swelling, and in some cases, fetal death. [ucsfbenioffchildrens.org]

Moreover, the disruption of the dividing membrane may result in cord entanglement, which may be an additional cause of fetal death. [fetalhealthfoundation.org]

Antepartum Syphilis

We defined “stillbirth” as death of a fetus of at least 28 wk gestation or at least 1,000 g weight, and “early fetal death” as fetal death occurring from 22 to 28 wk gestation [journals.plos.org]

Despite appropriate treatment, as many as 14% will have a fetal death or deliver infected infants. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

deaths (22 to 28 wk), 91,764 (76,141; 107,397) neonatal deaths, 65,267 (56,929; 73,605) preterm or low birth weight infants, and 151,547 (117,848; 185,245) infected newborns [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hydrops Fetalis

It was complicated by fetal hydrops and death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSION: Congenital mediastinal teratoma may be associated with fetal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma complicated by hydrops fetalis and leading to fetal death is rare. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Congenital Enterovirus Infection

B19V, the causative agent of erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), has been shown to cause fetal anemia, hydrops fetalis, myocarditis, and intrauterine fetal death. [doctor.ndtv.com]

[…] cerebral ventriculomegaly and cardiomyopathy were diagnosed prenatally at 35 weeks and resulted in fetal death. [karger.com]

[…] failure, or unexplained fetal death. [virologyj.biomedcentral.com]

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn with Kell Alloimmunization

The condition of fetus could be from mild to very severe, and fetal death from heart failure (hydrops fetalis) can occur. [medcaretips.com]

Her obstetric history was remarkable: two of her previous pregnancies (10th and 11th) had ended in fetal deaths at 24 and 26 weeks of gestation, respectively, due to fetal [annsaudimed.net]

death due to hydrops intravenous immune serum globulin (IVIG) might be offered. [perinatology.com]

Amniotic Band

Umbilical cord amniotic bands occur in approximately 10% of cases of amniotic band syndrome and are a well-known cause of fetal death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Keywords Umbilical Cord Misoprostol Fetal Growth Restriction Intrauterine Death Antenatal Sonography Background The amniotic band syndrome, as a cause of fetal malformations [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

We report a case of constriction amniotic bands involving upper extremities and intrauterine fetal death due to strangulation of umbilical cord. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]