Fetal death: classification and diagnostic work-up

Fetal death or stillbirth is a major obstetrical complication and a devastating experience for parents. Health care workers are responsible for investigating the cause of death. Unfortunately, the cause remains unexplained in up to two-thirds of fetal deaths. This is partly influenced by lack of consensus on classification of cause of fetal death and diagnostic investigations into causes. Different aspects of classification systems for cause of perinatal mortality were investigated. In this thesis, the main focus is on optimal investigation of cause of
intrauterine antepartum fetal death. Therefore, we studied the value of different diagnostics in allocating the underlying cause. The aim of this thesis was to propose an evidence based guideline for diagnostic work-up after fetal death to determine the cause of death.

	Part I : Classification of perinatal mortality
	Part II : Value of diagnostic tests after intrauterine antepartum fetal deatch
	Part III : Fetal deatch workup guideline

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	Titel en inhoudsopgave
	General introduction and outline of the thesis
	Algemene discussie en toekomstperspectieven
	Engelse samenvatting
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	Publicaties
	Volledige dissertatie

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