Stillbirths: The Hidden Birth Asphyxia — US and Global Perspectives

• Autores: Robert L. Goldenberg, Margo S. Harrison, Elizabeth M. McClure
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 42, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 439-453
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Stillbirths are among the most common pregnancy-related adverse outcomes but are more common in low-income and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. In high-income countries, most stillbirths occur early in the preterm period, whereas in low-income and middle-income countries, most occur in term or in late preterm births. In low-income and middle-income countries, conditions, such as prolonged or obstructed labor, placental abruption, preeclampsia/eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, fetal distress, breech and other abnormal presentations, and multiple births, are associated with stillbirth. In high-income countries, placental abnormalities are the most common associations. Globally, fetal asphyxia is likely the most common final pathway to stillbirth.