title: Determining Live Birth: An Unusual Case.
abstract: Twins of unknown gestational age were delivered prematurely at home, placed in a bin bag, and hidden in a drawer. They were discovered several hours later after the mother presented to a hospital with postpartum hemorrhage. Autopsy took place after postmortem computed tomographic scans and full skeletal surveys were performed. One infant was macerated, and autopsy reflected a death in utero. The other was not macerated, and internal examination showed evidence of air entry into the lungs. Histology and postmortem computed tomographic scan also suggested that there had been air entry into the lungs.
authors.affiliation: From the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Yeliena
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baber
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iles
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: OʼDonnell
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006700:Home Childbirth; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D050498:Live Birth; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D050497:Stillbirth; D014427:Twins