Abstract:
:With more than 20,000 fetal deaths occurring annually in the United States, accurate epidemiological data concerning fetal death offer the potential to develop interventions aimed at saving a considerable number of fetuses. Currently, fetal death rates are determined by dividing the number of deaths by total births. These raw death rates do not focus on cause or preventability, nor do they delineate the risk for a individual pregnancy or any specific gestational age. Using data from 747,033 births in Illinois from 1984 to 1988, we estimated the fetal death risk (FDR) according to fetal weight and gestational age expressed as a function of the number of remaining fetuses. This procedure permits the comparison of FDR across all weights (including fetuses with growth retardation and macrosomia) and gestational ages. In addition, we examined the effect of race on this analysis. Between 28 and 36 weeks' gestational age, white fetuses with mean weights have a constant risk of fetal death at 0.1/1000 remaining fetuses. The risk is two to three times greater for black fetuses. If the fetus has growth retardation or is appropriately grown beyond 37 weeks' gestational age, the FDR increases further, with black fetuses remaining at higher risk. These data attempt to quantify the risk of fetal death. They support the widely held belief that the risk of fetal death increases in the presence of intrauterine growth retardation, but they also demonstrate that the risk of fetal death for all fetuses, including those appropriately grown, increases exponentially after 37 weeks' gestational age.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
journal_name
Am J Perinatoljournal_title
American journal of perinatologyauthors
Ferguson R,Myers SAdoi
10.1055/s-2007-994589subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-07-01 00:00:00pages
267-72issue
4eissn
0735-1631issn
1098-8785journal_volume
11pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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