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A retrospective study of intrauterine fetal demise in a tertiary care center

Background Intra uterine foetal death is an emotional distress for mother, her family and for the obstetrician also. Proper planning, seeking antenatal services reduces this. Objectives of current study were to determine incidence rate of intrauterine foetal death and to evaluate the maternal and foetal factors responsible for intrauterine foetal death.

Methods This retrospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital from November 2022 to April 2022. The data was collected from previous records of 60 IUFD cases with 1576 births. Age, parity, gestational age, aetiology was studied.

Results The most common maternal cause of IUFD was pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (18.33%) followed by anaemia (11.67%). The most common foetal cause was IUGR (6.67%), and the most common placental cause was placental previa (8.33%).

Conclusions In this study, incidence of IUFD was 38.1/1000 live births. To prevent IUFDs, all the antenatal cases have to be booked for better care of antenatal period and management of any complications.