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. 2021 Mar 8;41(11):1372–1379. doi: 10.1002/pd.5918

TABLE 4.

Birth outcome of 81 patients with repeated low fetal fraction (FF) failures. Birth outcome, defined by the pregnancy resulting in an apparently healthy liveborn or not, was obtained for 81 of the 109 patients with repeated low FF failures on cell‐free DNA and is detailed here

Birth outcome N = 81
Healthy liveborn 76/81
Fetal demise or termination of pregnancy 5/81
1. Demise at 19 weeks, normal chromosomes on POC, antiphospholipid syndrome, 56yo patient
2. TAB, 4.5 mm NT, normal CVS chromosomes & VUS on CVS array
3. TAB due to MCA at 16 weeks, uncontrolled diabetes with high A1C
4. 28 weeks delivery due to preeclampsia, uncontrolled diabetes, maternal obesity, normal ultrasounds
5. 14 weeks miscarriage, no POC

Abbreviations: MCA, multiple congenital anomalies; POC, products of conception; TAB, therapeutic abortion; wnl, within normal limits.