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Fetal mortality rate 5.73 per 1,000 live births in 2021 in U.S.

2021 saw a fetal mortality rate of 5.73 fetal deaths per 1,000 live births, which was essentially unchanged from 5.74 in 2020, according to the July 26 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Gestational age tied to body size in infancy, childhood

Gestational age (GA) may be an important factor for body size in infancy, but the strength of association attenuates consistently with age, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in PLOS Medicine.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

AI models have higher accuracy for estimating gestational age

Artificial intelligence (AI) models based on standard plane ultrasonography images and fly-to ultrasonography videos have higher accuracy for estimating gestational age compared with manual fetal biometry measurements, according ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

MRI findings in opioid-exposed fetuses show smaller brain size

According to an open-access article in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), third-trimester fetuses with in utero opioid exposure exhibited multiple smaller 2D biometric measurements of the brain, as well as altered ...

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