Perinatal outcome of multiple pregnancy

Obstetric and perinatal outcome of multiple pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE To determine the obstetric and perinatal outcome in multiple pregnancies at a teaching hospital. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Unit-A of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, PGMI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from January to December 2009. METHODOLOGY The analysis included data on all women between 20 and 35 years of a...

Review of "Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation & Perinatal Outcome. Second Edition"

Background: The repair of single base mutations in mammalian genes can be directed by singlestranded oligonucleotides in a process known as targeted gene repair. The mechanism of this reaction is currently being elucidated but likely involves a pairing step in which the oligonucleotide align in homologous register with its target sequence and a correction step in which the mutant base is replac...

Perinatal Mortality in Multiple Pregnancy

Twins and higher–order multiple pregnancies account for approximately 3% of all gestations in the United States (Ananth et al, 2004) and seem to be stabilized since 2006 after a dramatically increase since the beginning of the 1970s (Vayssière et al, 2011). There are two main causes for the change in the rate of multiple pregnancies: advanced maternal age and use of assisted reproductive techni...

Perinatal Outcome in Multiple versus Singleton Pregnancies in Neonates Born in Fatemieh Hospital of Hamadan, Iran

Background: Multiple pregnancies are responsible for the increased risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to compare the perinatal outcome between multiple and singleton pregnancies. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. A sample of 50 multiple birth neonates- born in Fatemieh Hospital of Hamadan, Iran in 2015- was selected using simple r...

Study of perinatal outcome in pregnancy with sickle cell disease