Maternal and Perinatal Outcome in Multifoetal Gestation

Abstract

BACKGROUND Recently, the rate of multiple-gestation pregnancies has grown over the last few decades due to increased use of in-vitro fertilisation and ovulation induction techniques. Multiple pregnancy is considered as high risk due to associated high maternal morbidity and perinatal mortality in comparison with singleton pregnancies. Multiple pregnancies pose a number of unique challenges such as discordant growth abnormalities, intrauterine demise, preterm premature rupture of membranes or premature delivery of one or both twins. All adverse outcomes of pregnancy including mortality are more likely in multiples compared with singleton pregnancies, and associated risks increase in higher order multiples. Hence, this study was done to study maternal and perinatal outcome in multifoetal gestation.