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Developmental Defects and Mortality Rate of Fetuses and Newborns from Multiple Pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Emerich ,
Z. Rogoza  and
W. Sylwestrowicz
J. Emerich*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
Z. Rogoza
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
W. Sylwestrowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Danzig, Poland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, ul. Kliniczna 1A, 80-402 Gdansk, Poland

Abstract

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The analysis of 682 newborns indicated that developmental defects accounted for 0.44% of the overall perinatal mortality of twins. The 3.7% higher mortality rate for second twins is frequently due to abnormal presentation and longer time-interval following the birth of the first twin.

Type
1. Multiple Pregnancy as a High-Risk Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 20
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972