MATERNAL DISEASES IN THE GENESIS OF STILLBIRTH
The results of the Rosstat data analysis on the frequency of the identification and the role of diseases of pregnant women in the occurrence of stillbirths in the Russian Federation in 2015. The transition to the new rules for registering the birth of children in accordance with the criteria of the World Health Organization (from 22 weeks of gestation) was accompanied by an increase in the number of records of maternal diseases, which not related to this pregnancy, but contributing to fetal death - by 39,7%, in the certificates of perinatal death in 2015 compared with 2010. In the Russia, maternal diseases unrelated to this pregnancy were reported in 19,6% of stillbirths, of which infectious and parasitic diseases were observed in 1.8%, and kidney and urinary tract diseases in 1,1% of observations in 2015. Measures to prevent stillbirth must include rational pregravidal preparation, as well as the timely detection and treatment of extragenital diseases during pregnancy.