background and objectives: infection with parvovirus may induce spontaneous abortion, non-immune hydrops fetalis, and intrauterine death in full term infants. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of parvovirus b19 in paraffin-embedded formalin fixed placental tissues in lost fetuses by pcr method and comparison with its frequency in healthy full term neonates as controls. mater...

In the present work we studied the incidence of fetal deaths among conceptions whose fathers or both parents were survivors of chemical warfare attacks by Iraq. We showed that there was significant correlation between frequency of fetal deaths among conceptions which eventuated after exposure of the parents to gas bombs compared to the frequency of fetal deaths among the control group. Thi...

in the present work we studied the incidence of fetal deaths among conceptions whose fathers or both parents were survivors of chemical warfare attacks by iraq. we showed that there was significant correlation between frequency of fetal deaths among conceptions which eventuated after exposure of the parents to gas bombs compared to the frequency of fetal deaths among the control group. this wor...

workers of operating rooms in hospitals are chronically in exposure to rather higher dose of chemicals, e.g. halothane and nitrous oxide, than general population. concern that exposure to waste anesthetic gases may cause mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic changes has provided the impetus for many recent studies. the goal of present work was to determine incidence of the fetal deaths and se...

CONTEXT Maternal and fetal trauma is an important cause of adverse fetal outcomes. However, systematic exclusion from US injury surveillance programs of even the most severe outcome, fetal/neonatal death, has led to a lack of understanding about frequency, causes, and prevention. OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of traumatic fetal deaths reported in state fetal death registries and the types o...

This investigation evaluated the impact of collecting data on early fetal deaths (less than 20 weeks' gestation) on a birth defects surveillance system. Data were obtained from the Hawaii Birth Defects Program (HBDP), a statewide registry for Hawaii with active case ascertainment methodology. In 1986 through 1997, 257 early fetal deaths with birth defects were identified, representing 2.2% of t...

Considerable variation has occurred in the definition of the study population among the studies in which the relationship of cigarette smoking to fetal mortality (other than abortion) and early infant mort.ality was examined. The most commonly identified st,udy popula. tions have been perinatal deaths, neonatal deat’hs, and late fetal phIs ntwnat:~l deaths. Pcrinatal deaths are a combination of...