The hidden mortality of monochorionic twin pregnancies
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 104 (10), 1203-1207
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10948.x
Abstract
In an ultrasound screening study at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation for measurement of fetal nuchal translucency thickness there were 102 monochorionic and 365 dichorionic twin pregnancies. In the monochorionic compared with the dichorionic pregnancies there was a higher rate of fetal loss before 24 weeks of gestation (12.2%versus 1.8%), perinatal mortality (2.8%versus 1.6%), prevalence of delivery before 32 weeks (9.2%versus 5.5%), and prevalence of birthweight below the 5th centile in both twins (7.5%versus 1.7%). However, the proportion of pregnancies with a birthweight discordancy of more than 25% was similar in the two groups (11.3%versus 12.1%).Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- The lambda sign at 10–14 weeks of gestation as a predictor of chorionicity in twin pregnanciesUltrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1996
- Screening for fetal trisomies by maternal age and fetal nuchal translucency thickness at 10 to 14 weeks of gestationBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1995
- Preliminary Experience with Endoscopic Laser Surgery for Severe Twin–Twin Transfusion SyndromeThe New England Journal of Medicine, 1995
- Some perinatal characteristics of monozygotic twins who are dichorionicAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, 1995
- Perinatal Mortality and Prevalence of Major Congenital Malformations of Twins in Taipei CityActa geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research, 1992
- Recent trends in the incidence of multiple births and associated mortality.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1987
- New birthweight and head circumference centiles for gestational ages 24 to 42 weeksEarly Human Development, 1987
- The Twin Transfusion SyndromeClinical Pediatrics, 1979