Late stillbirth: a ten year cohort study.

Introduction: Late fetal death is a desolating event that inspite the effort to implement new surveillance protocols in perinatal continues to defy our clinical pratice.

Objective: To examine etiological factors contributing to main causes and conditions associated with fetal death in late pregnancies over a 10-year period.

Methods: Retrospective cohort analysis of 208 late singleton stillbirth delived in a tertiary-perinatal referral maternity over a 10-year period.

[Prophylaxis of RhD isoimmunization: a proposal of management].

Isoimmunisation RhD has an important perinatal morbidity and mortality. Since prophylaxis was introduced in the sixties, the incidence of haemolytic disease of the newborn has decreased. When administred in due time and in the right dosage anti-D immunoglobulin can prevent sensibilization.