Yapıcıoğlu-Yıldızdaş H, Ece Ü, Sucu M, Yurdakul G, Şimşek H, Özlü F. Twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome in a monochorionic monoamniotic twin pregnancy. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 724-727. Twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome is mostly seen in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies with an estimated incidence of 1/9500-11000 pregnancies. One of the twins is acardiac with various abnormalities especially with upper part of the body, and mortality is 100%. The other twin functions as a pump twin and mostly has polyhydramnios and heart failure; and mortality rate is high due to prematurity and heart failure. Herein we report a TRAP syndrome and the prognosis of pump twin who was born at 30 weeks gestational age.
BACKGROUND: Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is one of the most common neurological problems observed in infants. Hypothermia is the only approved therapy for neonatal HI encephalopathy. This therapy is only partially protective, cannot be used in preterm infants, and has a narrow therapeutic window after birth. Therefore,
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