Fetal Mortality

"Fetal Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Number of fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more in a given population. Late fetal mortality is death after of 28 weeks or more.

Descriptor ID

D046689

MeSH Number(s)

E05.318.308.985.550.362

L01.280.975.550.362

N01.224.935.698.300

N06.850.505.400.975.550.362

N06.850.520.308.985.550.362

Concept/Terms

Fetal Mortality

Late Fetal Mortality

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fetal Mortality".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550]
Fetal Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550.362]
Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Data Collection [L01.280]
Vital Statistics [L01.280.975]
Mortality [L01.280.975.550]
Fetal Mortality [L01.280.975.550.362]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
Fetal Mortality [N01.224.935.698.300]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550]
Fetal Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550.362]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550]
Fetal Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550.362]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Fetal Mortality".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fetal Mortality".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fetal Mortality" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Fetal Mortality" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetal Mortality" by people in Profiles.

A Prospective Cohort Study Examining the Associations of Maternal Arsenic Exposure With Fetal Loss and Neonatal Mortality. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 02 01; 188(2):347-354.

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Rates of intrauterine fetal demise and neonatal morbidity at term: determining optimal timing of delivery. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jan; 30(2):181-185.

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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome and the nutmeg lung pattern in utero: a cause and effect relationship or prognostic indicator? Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Apr; 46(4):483-9.

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Prepregnancy and early adulthood body mass index and adult weight change in relation to fetal loss. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Oct; 124(4):662-669.

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Fetal death and preterm birth associated with maternal influenza vaccination: systematic review. BJOG. 2015 Jan; 122(1):17-26.

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Perinatal outcome in fetuses with heterotaxy syndrome and atrioventricular block or bradycardia. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Aug; 35(6):906-13.

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Heart failure in pregnant women with cardiac disease: data from the ROPAC. Heart. 2014 Feb; 100(3):231-8.

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Local use of geographic information systems to improve data utilisation and health services: mapping caesarean section coverage in rural Rwanda. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Jan; 18(1):18-26.

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The Maternal and Newborn Health Registry Study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Sep; 118(3):190-3.

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Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2012 May 14; 12:34.

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