"Fetal Viability" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The potential of the FETUS to survive outside the UTERUS after birth, natural or induced. Fetal viability depends largely on the FETAL ORGAN MATURITY, and environmental conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D005328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.280 G07.345.500.325.235.875 G08.686.220
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fetal Viability" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fetal Viability" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetal Viability" by people in Profiles.
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Regulating Abortion Later in Pregnancy: Fetal-Centric Laws and the Erasure of Women's Subjectivity. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2025 Feb 01; 50(1):47-68.
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Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Induction of fetal asystole before abortion Jointly developed with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Contraception. 2024 Nov; 139:110551.
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Advances in Management for Preterm Fetuses at Risk of Delivery. Clin Perinatol. 2020 12; 47(4):685-703.
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Antenatal Periviability Counseling and Decision Making: A Retrospective Examination by the Investigating Neonatal Decisions for Extremely Early Deliveries Study Group. Am J Perinatol. 2020 01; 37(2):184-195.
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Understanding periviable birth: A microeconomic alternative to the dysregulation narrative. Soc Sci Med. 2019 07; 233:281-284.
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Prospective parents' perspectives on antenatal decision making for the anticipated birth of a periviable infant. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 Mar; 32(5):820-825.
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Medicolegal cases involving periviable births from a major United States legal database. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2018 Aug; 31(15):2043-2049.
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Periviable birth: Interim update. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Aug; 215(2):B2-B12.e1.
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Mode of delivery at periviability and early childhood neurodevelopment. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Oct; 213(4):578.e1-4.
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Advances in ultrasound imaging for congenital malformations during early gestation. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Apr; 103(4):260-8.