Stillbirth Study Begins

Carey Hamilton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Oct 30, 2003

     The University of Utah is conducting a study on stillbirths that is open to women who live in Salt Lake County and experience in-utero death of a fetus after 20 weeks. Women who experience stillbirth once enrollment begins within the next few months are eligible to take part. Robert Silver, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the U. School of Medicine, plans to enroll 100 women a year for five years to evaluate both known and unknown causes of stillbirth.

     Participants will undergo a medical history and blood will be drawn from the mother. There is no cost to join the study.
     Stillbirth occurs an estimated 30,000 times a year in the United States, yet it remains one of the least understood areas of pregnancy loss, Silver said. Stillbirth occurs about 240 times a year in Utah.

     For more information call Silver at 801-585-5156.

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