• Urooj Kashif, Shelina Bhamani, Asma Patel, and Zaheena Shamsul Islam.
• Dr. Urooj Kashif, Senior Instructor and Urogynecologist, Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2022 Jan 1; 38 (1): 133137133-137.

ObjectivesTo determine the cause of stillbirth after application of relevant condition at death (ReCoDe) classification system.MethodsThis was a retrospective cross sectional study of 207 women diagnosed with stillbirth after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi between 1st January 2015 and 31st December 2019. The primary objective was to find the cause of stillbirth according to the new classification of relevant condition at death (ReCoDe).ResultsThere were a total of 32413 live births and 207 stillbirths during the study period thus stillbirth rate of 6 per 1000 live births. In this study, 80% of women were in the age group of 20-35 years, 16% had advanced maternal age while 3.8% of women accounted for less than 20 years. Among the maternal factors; 54.5% cases were booked and the remaining were were un-booked cases. Pre-eclampsia was the most common associated maternal condition (14.9%).Fetal cause accounted for 34.7% of stillbirths and the fetal growth restriction (FGR) was the most common; 23.6%. After application of ReCoDe classification, in 81% of stillbirth cases associated condition were found and only 18.8% of cases were categorized unexplained.ConclusionApplication of ReCoDe classification is easy to understand and applicable, especially in low resource settings with associated causes identified in vast majority of cases.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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