MATERNAL COMPLICATION RATE AND PERINATAL MORTALITY DATA DO NOT JUSTIFY THE FIRST TRIMESTER REDUCTION OF TRIPLETS TO TWINS

From: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Objective: To justify or to reject the concept of first trimester reduction of triplets to twins based on the maternal complication rate and perinatal mortality data observed in triplet and twin population of a single institute.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study comparing the maternal complication rate (premature labour, pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, thrombocytopenia, postpartum bleeding and surgery) and the perinatal mortality data (late fetal death, early and late neonatal death, perinatal mortality) in triplets and twins. The study group ...

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