TY - JOUR T1 - Changes in fetal autopsy patterns over a 10-year period JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F481 LP - F482 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310332 VL - 101 IS - 5 AU - Frédérique Jones AU - Pascal Thibon AU - Corinne Jeanne-Pasquier AU - Maria Mandon AU - Arnaud Molin AU - Bernard Guillois AU - Guillaume Benoist AU - Michel Dreyfus Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/101/5/F481.1.abstract N2 - Among diagnostic tests for stillbirth, fetal autopsy is an important audit tool to identify the cause of death. However, many countries have reported a decrease in autopsy rates,1 ,2 due either to more frequent refusal from parents or to fewer proposals of this examination.We measured the evolution of autopsy refusal rate over a 10-year period in a French region and identified the circumstances associated with refusal: all fetal deaths registered in the Lower Normandy perinatal death registry from 2005 to 2014 were included (except induced abortions). The decade was divided into three periods to reduce … ER -