Drugs and stillbirth.

Stillbirth Understanding and Management

Factors affecting stillbirth and effects of stillbirth on subsequent lactation performance in a Holstein dairy herd in Isfahan

The purposes of this study were to estimate the effects of risk factors on stillbirth parturition and evaluatethe effects of stillbirth on lactation performance in Holstein dairy cows. Data were obtained from a dairycattle herd located in Isfahan province, Iran. The logit of the probability of stillbirth was modeled usinglogistic regression and the effect of stillbirth on lactation performance ...

Antiphospholipid antibodies in stillbirth.

OBJECTIVE To compare antiphospholipid antibodies in deliveries with and without stillbirth using a multicenter, population-based case-control study of stillbirths and live births. METHODS Maternal sera were assayed for immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM anticardiolipin and anti-β2-glycoprotein-I antibodies. Assays were performed in 582 stillbirth deliveries and 1,547 live birth deliveries. RESULT...

The stillbirth ‘scandal’

The scope of stillbirth has been overlooked by many, few would estimate that in high income countries that, late stillbirths (pregnancies 28 weeks or later) occurs twice as often as death due to HIV/ AIDS; ten times more common than deaths due to Hepatitis B; twice a common as deaths due to congenital anomalies; twice as common as deaths due to preterm complications, and ten times more common t...

Use of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy and risk of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth: population based cohort study

OBJECTIVE To determine whether use of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy may increase the risk of spontaneous abortion or stillbirth. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING Register based study in Denmark, 1997-2008. PARTICIPANTS 983,305 pregnancies identified in the Danish medical birth register and the Danish national hospital discharge register from 1 February 1997 to 31 Decem...