Fetal assessment based on fetal biophysical profile scoring: experience in 19,221 referred high-risk pregnancies. II. An analysis of false-negative fetal deaths.
The incidence of false-negative fetal death, which is defined as stillbirth unrelated to major anomaly or alloimmunization occurring after a last normal fetal biophysical score, was determined in 19,221 referred high-risk pregnancies. The calculated rate of fetal death after a last normal test was 0.726/1000 (14 deaths), which remained relatively constant despite a progressive increase in tests and patients studied. We conclude that a normal fetal biophysical profile score confers a high probability of perinatal survival.
Manning
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Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Morrison
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Harman
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Lange
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Menticoglou
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D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005324:Fetal Movement; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors