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Prognosis for the Newborn from Multiple Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

R. Osuch-Jaczewska ,
O. Lempart  and
Z. Ochabska
R. Osuch-Jaczewska*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Bytom, Poland
O. Lempart
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Bytom, Poland
Z. Ochabska
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Bytom, Poland
*
Kochanowskiego 18, 40-035 Katowice, Poland

Abstract

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A total of 669 newborns from multiple pregnancies, including 15 triplets, have been examined. Full-term fetuses were 19.3% premature ones 60.7%, and dystrophic ones 20%. Of these, 58.4% were born in good conditions, 25.1% in average conditions (4-7 Apgar scores), and 16.4% in bad conditions (1-3 Apgar scores). Complications in the neonatal period were reported in 38.7% of cases (respiratory syndrome 21.2%, CNS injury 4.8%, developmental defects 1.3%, other complications 9.3%).

Twin mortality amounted to 10.5%, mainly due to hypoxemia (7.2%), cerebral lesion (2.4%), developmental defects (0.4%), and general edema (0.5%).

Type
1. Multiple Pregnancy as a High-Risk Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 10 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972