"Live Birth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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).
| Descriptor ID |
D050498
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.530.249
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Live Birth".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Live Birth".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Live Birth" by people in this website by year, and whether "Live Birth" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Live Birth" by people in Profiles.
-
Combs JC, Yamasaki MU, Dougherty M, Hunkler K, Osmundsen EB, Roura-Monllor J, Stillman RJ, Hill MJ, Devine K, DeCherney AH, Nelson RE, O'Brien JE. Comparing gestational carrier with uterine transplantation in uterine-factor infertility: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Fertil Steril. 2025 Jul; 124(1):134-143.
-
Le KN, Maguire M, Puchalt NG, Lidon L, S?nchez-Mart?nez A, Franasiak J, Osman E. Parental balanced translocation carriers do not have decreased usable blastulation rates or live birth rates compared with infertile controls. Fertil Steril. 2025 May; 123(5):865-872.
-
Hynes JS, Forman EJ. Transfer of the fittest: using preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy to select embryo(s) most likely to lead to live birth. F S Sci. 2023 05; 4(2S):2-6.
-
Bardos J, Kwal J, Caswell W, Jahandideh S, Stratton M, Tucker M, DeCherney A, Devine K, Hill M, O'Brien JE. Reproductive genetics laboratory may impact euploid blastocyst and live birth rates: a comparison of 4 national laboratories' PGT-A results from vitrified donor oocytes. Fertil Steril. 2023 01; 119(1):29-35.
-
Capalbo A, Poli M, Jalas C, Forman EJ, Treff NR. On the reproductive capabilities of aneuploid human preimplantation embryos. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 09 01; 109(9):1572-1581.
-
Pirtea P, de Ziegler D, Marin D, Sun L, Tao X, Ayoubi JM, Franasiak J, Scott RT. Gonadotropin receptor polymorphisms (FSHR N680S and LHCGR N312S) are not predictive of clinical outcome and live birth in assisted reproductive technology. Fertil Steril. 2022 09; 118(3):494-503.
-
Herlihy NS, Klimczak AM, Cheung JKW, Seli E, Scott RT. The chances of obtaining a euploid embryo and subsequent live birth remain consistent with national age-based rates after an in?vitro fertilization cycle that produced only aneuploid embryos. Fertil Steril. 2022 09; 118(3):484-491.
-
Moawad G, Kheil MH, Ayoubi JM, Klebanoff JS, Rahman S, Sharara FI. Adenomyosis and infertility. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2022 May; 39(5):1027-1031.
-
Wong AJ, DeCherney AH. Live Birth with or without Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy. N Engl J Med. 2022 02 17; 386(7):703.
-
Glatthorn HN, Decherney A. The efficacy of add-ons: selected IVF "add-on" procedures and future directions. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2022 Mar; 39(3):581-589.