Retrospective study 2005-2015 of all cases of fetal death occurred at ≥23 gestational weeks, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Lorenzo MonastaManuela GiangrecoEmanuele AnconaFabio BarboneElisa BetPierino Boschian-BailoGiovanna CacciaguerraAngelo CagnacciMelania CantonMaddalena CasarottoManola ComarSimona ContardoMichela De AgostiniFrancesco De SetaGiovanni Del BenCarla Di LoretoLorenza DriulStefano FacchinRoberta GiornelliAnnalisa IanniSanto La ValleAmbrogio Pietro LonderoMarciano ManfèGianpaolo MasoRaffaela MugittuMonica OlivuzziMaria OrsariaVanna PecileRoberta PinzanoFrancesco PirroneMariachiara QuadrifoglioGiuseppe RicciLuca RonfaniTiziana SalviatoElisa SandrigoSilvia SmiroldoAlice SorzTamara StampalijaMarianela UrrizaMichele VaninGiuseppina VerardiSalvatore AlbericoPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2020)
The percentage of IUFD cases for which no possible cause can be identified is quite high. Only the adoption of evidence-based diagnostic protocols, with integrated immunologic, genetic and pathologic examinations, can help reduce this diagnostic gap, contributing to the prevention of future IUFDs.