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fetal death [2 records]

Record 1 2017-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birth Rate
DEF

Fetal death occurring after 28 weeks of gestation.

OBS

fetal death: stillbirth; death in utero; failure of the product of conception to show evidence of respiration, heart beat, or definite movement of a voluntary muscle after expulsion from the uterus, with no possibility of resuscitation.

Key term(s)
  • late foetal death
  • fetal death
  • foetal death

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natalité
DEF

Expulsion, après environ 28 semaines de gestation, d'un fœtus décédé «in utero».

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pregnancy, Reproduction and Perinatal Period
DEF

The death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grossesse, Reproduction et Périnatalité
DEF

Décès d'un produit de conception, lorsque ce décès est survenu avant son expulsion ou son extraction complète du corps de la mère, indépendamment de la durée de la gestation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embarazo, Reproducción y Periodo Perinatal
CONT

El Clasificador Estadístico Internacional de Enfermedades define la defunción fetal como la muerte de un producto de la concepción, antes de su expulsión o su extracción completa del cuerpo de su madre, independientemente de la duración del embarazo; la muerte está indicada por el hecho de que después de la separación, el feto no respira ni da ninguna otra señal de vida, como latidos del corazón, pulsaciones del cordón umbilical o movimientos efectivos de los músculos de contracción voluntaria.

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