Background Despite advances in healthcare, stillbirth rates remain relatively unchanged.
We conducted a systematic review to quantify the risks of stillbirth and neonatal death at …

Background Pregnant women may be vulnerable to changes in ambient temperature and
warming climates. Recent evidence suggests that temperature increases are associated …

Background Stillbirth is defined by the WHO as birth of a fetus with no vital signs, at or over
28 weeks of pregnancy age. The estimation of time of death in stillbirth appears crucial in …

Objective To determine the additional yield from autopsy following prenatal ultrasound and
post‐mortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR) for structural abnormalities. Method …

Background Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth is commonly used as a proxy for fetal
growth restriction, but also includes constitutionally small infants. Genetic factors account for …

Incorporation of genome and exome sequencing into fetal and neonatal autopsy
investigations has been shown to improve diagnostic yield. This requires deoxyribonucleic …

The collective changes that occur in the fetal organs and tissues after fetal death in utero are
referred to as maceration changes; they differ from pure postmortem autolysis because they …