Supervisors info:
Αγαπητός Εμμανουήλ, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Βλάχος Νικόλαος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Χριστόπουλος Παναγιώτης, Διδάκτωρ, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
Fetal demise is classified according to gestational age in early fetal loss known as spontaneous abortion and in late fetal loss known as stillbirth. Nowadays, any infant with birth weight of at least 500g is born as dead, while some countries have a limit of 400g or 350g. The etiology of fetal deaths is unknown in 25-60% of all cases. In cases where there is a clear etiology, fetal deaths are attributed to fetal, maternal, genetic factors and placental factors such as eclampsia, infections, gestational diabetes, genetic abnormalities, residual endometrial development, placental abruption, placental deficiency, etc. (Korteweg FJ, 2009 / Goldengerg, 2009). The understanding and classification of fetal deaths, and especially their causes, has been investigated with the common conclusion that there is a clear difficulty in recording and collecting the various elements.