The event that a FETUS is born alive with heartbeats or RESPIRATION regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE. Such liveborn is called a newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN).

Annotation

use only in relation to the outcome of the pregnancy; use BIRTH for the physiologic process of giving birth

DUI

D050498 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0439681

Previous indexing

Pregnancy Outcome (2004-2005); Infant, Newborn (1967-2003); Pregnancy (1967-2003)

History note

2006; use PREGNANCY OUTCOME 2004-2005

Public note

2006; see PREGNANCY OUTCOME 2004-2005