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Published on: February 15, 2013

Fetal death after normal biophysical profile

W J Watson1, V L Katz, W A Bowes

  • 1Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Presented are three cases of fetal death, all of which occurred within 3 days of a normal biophysical profile. Despite the excellent record of this antepartum test in predicting fetal well-being, there is a low incidence of false-negative tests; increasing the frequency of testing will not prevent all false-negative tests.