Social Aspects of Death in Stillborn
Social Aspects of Death in Stillborn

Summary/Abstract: Objective: Death of the infants related with pregnancy, perinatal and neonatal period may present many diagnostic difficulties.. Methods: The authors of this article report a case of a stillborn infant, which was brought to the autopsy with only partial and confusing information. Results: It was found later, that the birth was given in the back of an ambulance with assistance of paramedics. The newly born infant showed no signs of life after the delivery. As there were no relevant information at the time of autopsy. The initial hypothesis was that violence against the infant might have been committed. Conclusions: Comprehensive autopsy findings and supplementary forensic laboratory investigations subsequently excluded this theory. The cause of death was funisitis caused by poor hygienic condition in relation to the social environment. Funisitis is a rare pathological condition determined as inflammation of the connective tissue of the umbilical cord. An important factor that initiated this event was the poor socio-economic status of the patient, returned to belonging to a marginalized community.

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