The association between a reduction in fetal movements (RFM) and stillbirth has been noted for at least 450 years. This was formalised from the 1970s onwards in a series of studies that noted the increased incidence of stillbirth and FGR in women presenting with RFM, which in some cases preceded intrauterine fetal death by several days. Interpretation of the literature relating RFM to stillbirt...

stillbirth is defined as a calf death just prior to, during, or within 24 to 48 h of parturition. the exact cause of calf death in dairy cows in this period of time is unknown. the objective of this study was to investigate about the effective factors on stillbirth and also to estimate some of the genetic parameters in iranian dairy holsteins. data in the first and second lactation that have be...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a previous caesarean section increases the risk of unexplained antepartum stillbirth in second pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Large Canadian perinatal database. POPULATION 158 502 second births. METHODS Data were obtained from a large perinatal database, which supplied data on demographics, pregnancy complications, maternal medica...

Stillbirth is fetal death after 20 weeks gestation 1 . There are a number of definitions and classifications. WHO defines a stillbirth as a baby BW e500g, e22 weeks gestation who died before or during birth. However for international comparisons it recommends that reporting be restricted to those with BW>1000g and gestation e28 weeks. In Ireland stillbirths must be registered, the definition be...

calving records of iranian buffaloes from april 1991 to june 2010 comprising 1,151 herds with 34,911 calving events were used to evaluate reported secondary sex ratio, stillbirth, and calf birth weight. logistic regression models were applied to analyze stillbirth and calf sex at birth, and statistical analysis of calf birth weight was performed using a linear mixed model. overall, the ratio of...

BACKGROUND Stillbirth is a major cause of perinatal mortality and occurs disproportionately in developing countries including Tanzania. However, there is scant information regarding the predictors of this condition in Tanzania. This study aimed to determine maternal and fetal risk factors for stilbirth in northen Tanzania. METHODOLOGY A retrospective cohort study was performed using maternall...

OBJECTIVE To determine if maternal country of birth is associated with the risk of antepartum stillbirth in late pregnancy. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective cross-sectional study of all singleton births at 37-42 weeks' gestation, excluding those with congenital abnormalities and intrapartum stillbirths, between 1 June 2001 and 31 May 2011 at Southern Health, a large metropolitan...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether group B Streptococcus (GBS)-colonized pregnant women have an increased prevalence of GBS colonization in subsequent pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN This retrospective cohort study compared the prevalence of GBS colonization in initial and subsequent pregnancies of 158 women with two or more deliveries at a Midwest institution since the initiation of universal screenin...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of maternal inbreeding on incidence of twinning,dystocia and stillbirth in holstein cows of iran. calving records from march 2000 to april 2009 comprisingof 365,021 calvings on 153,802 cows from 86 dairy herds were used. the mean level of inbreeding was0.7%, less than 37% of all animals were inbred, and a small proportion (3.45%) of inbree...

INTRODUCTION Stillbirth remains an important public health problem in Australia and New Zealand. The role that antenatal care plays in the prevention of stillbirth in high-income countries is unclear. METHODS Cases were women with a singleton, late stillbirth without congenital abnormality, booked to deliver in the Auckland region and born between July 2006 and June 2009. Two controls with on...