[HTML][HTML] A structured review of placental morphology and histopathological lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

MC Sharps, DJL Hayes, S Lee, Z Zou, CA Brady… - Placenta, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus,
was first identified after a cluster of cases in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Whether …

Stillbirths: recall to action in high-income countries

V Flenady, AM Wojcieszek, P Middleton, D Ellwood… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Variation in stillbirth rates across high-income countries and large equity gaps within high-
income countries persist. If all high-income countries achieved stillbirth rates equal to the …

Sampling and definitions of placental lesions: Amsterdam placental workshop group consensus statement

TY Khong, EE Mooney, I Ariel… - … of pathology & …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—The value of placental examination in investigations of adverse pregnancy
outcomes may be compromised by sampling and definition differences between …

[HTML][HTML] Fetal and perinatal mortality: United States, 2013

MF MacDorman, ECW Gregory - 2015 - stacks.cdc.gov
Objectives—This report presents 2013 fetal and perinatal mortality data by maternal age,
marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and state of residence, as well as by fetal birthweight …

The placental basis of fetal growth restriction

RL Zur, WT Parks, SR Hobson - Obstetrics and Gynecology …, 2020 - obgyn.theclinics.com
The past decade has seen a substantial advancement in our understanding of placental
diseases that are associated with fetal growth restriction (FGR). 1 This increased …

[HTML][HTML] No evidence for a placental microbiome in human pregnancies at term

I Sterpu, E Fransson, LW Hugerth, J Du… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The placenta plays an important role in the modulation of pregnancy immunity;
however, there is no consensus regarding the existence of a placental microbiome in …

Stillbirth and intrauterine fetal death: role of routine histopathological placental findings to determine cause of death

J Man, JC Hutchinson, AE Heazell… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Placental abnormalities are a common cause of death in stillbirth, ranking second
only to unexplained deaths, though there is wide variation in the proportion attributed to …

Association between maternal sleep practices and late stillbirth–findings from a stillbirth case‐control study

AEP Heazell, M Li, J Budd… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report maternal sleep practices in women who experienced a stillbirth
compared with controls with ongoing live pregnancies at similar gestation. Design …

Fetal vascular malperfusion

A Heider - Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Fetal vascular malperfusion, also known as fetal thrombotic vasculopathy,
remains an underrecognized pathologic finding and should be noted during placental …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia and oxidative stress induce sterile placental inflammation in vitro

BC Baker, AEP Heazell, C Sibley, R Wright, H Bischof… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) and stillbirth are associated with placental dysfunction and
inflammation and hypoxia, oxidative and nitrative stress are implicated in placental damage …