Stillbirth

"Stillbirth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The event that a FETUS is born dead or stillborn.

Descriptor ID	D050497
MeSH Number(s)	C13.703.223.650 C23.550.260.585.630 G08.686.784.769.530.500
Concept/Terms	Stillbirth Stillbirth Stillbirths

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Stillbirth".

Diseases [C]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Pregnancy Complications [C13.703]
Fetal Death [C13.703.223]
Stillbirth [C13.703.223.650]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Death [C23.550.260]
Fetal Death [C23.550.260.585]
Stillbirth [C23.550.260.585.630]
Biological Sciences [G]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Reproduction [G08.686.784]
Pregnancy [G08.686.784.769]
Pregnancy Outcome [G08.686.784.769.530]
Stillbirth [G08.686.784.769.530.500]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Stillbirth" by people in this website by year, and whether "Stillbirth" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2016 and 2022 and 2023 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	2	2
2023	1	1	2
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Stillbirth" by people in Profiles.

DiTosto JD, Zash R, Jacobson DL, Johnson K, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Mabuta J, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Mumford SL, Lockman S, Shapiro R, Caniglia EC. Safety of Antihypertensive Medication for the Management of Non-Severe Gestational Hypertension Among Pregnant Individuals in Botswana-Emulating a Series of Target Trials. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2026 Feb; 40(2):248-260.

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Thai TN, Smolinski NE, Nduaguba S, Zhu Y, Bird S, Straub L, Bateman BT, Hern?ndez-D?az S, Huybrechts KF, Rasmussen SA, Winterstein AG. Development and validation of an algorithm to predict stillbirth gestational age in Medicaid billing records. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 05; 194(8):2295-2303.

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Wilkie GL, Nna U, Stuffers N, Johnson K. Prenatal aneuploidy screening and its impact on stillbirth etiology evaluation. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Jun; 76(3):279-283.

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Shapiro MO, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Mattocks KM. Understanding the Mental Health Impact of Previous Pregnancy Loss Among Currently Pregnant Veterans. Womens Health Issues. 2023 Jul-Aug; 33(4):422-427.

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Lynch MT, Maloney KA, Pollin TI, Streeten EA, Puffenberger EG, Strauss KA, Shuldiner AR, Mitchell BD. Impact of parental relatedness on reproductive outcomes among the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 07; 188(7):2119-2128.

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Kloppenburg JE, Nunes AP, Jesdale WM, Leftwich HK. Prevalence and outcomes of hypertension in pregnancy in non-metropolitan and metropolitan communities. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):9489-9495.

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Taylor LG, Bird ST, Stojanovic D, Toh S, Maro JC, Fazio-Eynullayeva E, Petrone AB, Rajbhandari R, Andrade SE, Haynes K, McMahill-Walraven CN, Shinde M, Lyons JG. Utility of fertility procedures and prenatal tests to estimate gestational age for live-births and stillbirths in electronic health plan databases. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2022 05; 31(5):534-545.

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Andrade SE, Shinde M, Moore Simas TA, Bird ST, Bohn J, Haynes K, Taylor LG, Lauring JR, Longley E, McMahill-Walraven CN, Trinacty CM, Saphirak C, Delude C, DeLuccia S, Zhang T, Cole DV, DiNunzio N, Gertz A, Fazio-Eynullayeva E, Stojanovic D. Validation of an ICD-10-based algorithm to identify stillbirth in the Sentinel System. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2021 09; 30(9):1175-1183.

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Hannan NJ, Stock O, Spencer R, Whitehead C, David AL, Groom K, Petersen S, Henry A, Said JM, Seeho S, Kane SC, Gordon L, Beard S, Chindera K, Karegodar S, Hiscock R, Pritchard N, Kaitu'u-Lino TJ, Walker SP, Tong S. Circulating mRNAs are differentially expressed in pregnancies with severe placental insufficiency and at high risk of stillbirth. BMC Med. 2020 05 22; 18(1):145.

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Johnson KM, Zash R, Haviland MJ, Hacker MR, Luckett R, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Shapiro R. Hypertensive disease in pregnancy in Botswana: Prevalence and impact on perinatal outcomes. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2016 Oct; 6(4):418-422.

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