Fetal autopsy study to assess relative frequency of pulmonary hypoplasia and evaluation of various anomalies associated with pulmonary hypoplasia

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background/ Introduction- Fetal autopsy study helps in determination of aetiology of pregnancy loss and may help in determining the cause of Fetal death. Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) is one of the commonest causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The suggested diagnostic criteria for PH are Lung weight: Body weight (LW: BW) ratio ≤ 0.012 and/or Radial Alveolar Count (RAC) ≤ 4.1. Hence present study was done to determine the relative frequency of pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) in Fetal autopsy cases by evaluation of LW: BW ratio and RAC. Evaluation of associated conditions/anomalies with PH was also done.