Morphological changes in fetal organs and tissues in intrauterine death

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This article presents a literature review of post-mortem changes in the organs and tissues of the fetus in intrauterine death. The visual and morphological changes that can serve to determine the time of post-mortem changes in organs and tissues at various stages of pregnancy are covered. A detailed study of post-mortem changes in the fetus will help avoid medical errors and unjustified criminal prosecutions, provide an opportunity for an objective assessment of the consequences and causes of intrauterine fetal death, eliminate discrepancies in clinical and pathoanatomic diagnoses, and increase the accuracy of diagnosis and the quality of knowledge. Сomprehension of the key principles for assessing morphological changes in fetal organs and tissues in intrauterine death will allow for developing screening programs to identify relevant risk factors, which, in the future, will reduce perinatal mortality rates.

 

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Aydar M. Ziganshin

Bashkir State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: zigaidar@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5474-1080
Scopus Author ID: 57196372895
ResearcherId: V-1442-2017

MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Ufa

Ayrat R. Mulyukov

Bashkir State Medical University

Email: mulykov.165@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7490-3710
Russian Federation, Ufa

Viktor A. Mudrov

Chita State Medical Academy

Email: mudrov_viktor@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5961-5400
Scopus Author ID: 57204736023

MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Chita

Regina R. Nurgaliyeva

Bashkir State Medical University

Email: ms.renur@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4214-6951
Russian Federation, Ufa

Yulia S. Zaynullina

Bashkir State Medical University

Email: yulia.zaynullina1999@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3341-6585
Russian Federation, Ufa

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