Stillbirth and Bereavement: Guidelines for Stillbirth Investigation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 540-545

  Leduc, Line ^a   Farine, Dan ^a   Armson, B Anthony ^b   Brunner, Monica ^a   Crane, Joan ^a   Delisle, Marie France ^a   Gagnon, Robert ^c   Keenan Lindsay, Lisa ^d   Morin, Valérie ^a   Mundle, Robert W ^a   Scheider, Carol ^e   Van Aerde, John ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c London   (United Kingdom)

^d Oakville   (Canada)

^e Winnipeg University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal demise; Intrauterine fetal death investigation; Stillborn

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETAL DEMISE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPE; LISTERIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STUCK TWIN; SWEDEN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; ADULT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33748849846     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32172-7     Document Type: Article

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