AIMS: To determine reliably the risk of stillbirth among twin pregnancies. METHODS: A data analysis of 3241 and 6581 women with monochorionic diamniotic (MD) and dichorionic (DD) twins, respectively, who gave birth at ≥22 weeks of gestation. RESULTS: The prospective risk (per 1000 women) of stillbirth, 25.3 and 11.5 at gestational week 22, decreased to <10.0 at gestational weeks 31 and 28 among the MD and DD twins, respectively. After single intrauterine fetal death, the co-twin died in utero or within 7 days of life more frequently among MD twins than among DD twins [42.7% (35/82) vs. 2.6% (2/76); relative risk, 16.2; 95% confidence interval, 4.0-65.1]. CONCLUSION: Women with MD twins were 2.2-fold more likely to experience stillbirth than women with DD twins. The prospective risks of stillbirth were <1.0% for both groups of women at ≥32 weeks of gestation.
AIMS: To determine reliably the risk of stillbirth among twin pregnancies. METHODS: A data analysis of 3241 and 6581 women with monochorionic diamniotic (MD) and dichorionic (DD) twins, respectively, who gave birth at ≥22 weeks of gestation. RESULTS: The prospective risk (per 1000 women) of stillbirth, 25.3 and 11.5 at gestational week 22, decreased to <10.0 at gestational weeks 31 and 28 among the MD and DD twins, respectively. After single intrauterine fetal death, the co-twin died in utero or within 7 days of life more frequently among MD twins than among DD twins [42.7% (35/82) vs. 2.6% (2/76); relative risk, 16.2; 95% confidence interval, 4.0-65.1]. CONCLUSION:Women with MD twins were 2.2-fold more likely to experience stillbirth than women with DD twins. The prospective risks of stillbirth were <1.0% for both groups of women at ≥32 weeks of gestation.
Authors: Yair J Blumenfeld; Valerija Momirova; Dwight J Rouse; Steve N Caritis; Anthony Sciscione; Alan M Peaceman; Uma M Reddy; Michael W Varner; Fergal D Malone; Jay D Iams; Brian M Mercer; John M Thorp; Yoram Sorokin; Marshall W Carpenter; Julie Lo; Susan M Ramin; Margaret Harper Journal: J Ultrasound Med Date: 2014-12 Impact factor: 2.153
Authors: Fiona Cheong-See; Ewoud Schuit; David Arroyo-Manzano; Asma Khalil; Jon Barrett; K S Joseph; Elizabeth Asztalos; Karien Hack; Liesbeth Lewi; Arianne Lim; Sophie Liem; Jane E Norman; John Morrison; C Andrew Combs; Thomas J Garite; Kimberly Maurel; Vicente Serra; Alfredo Perales; Line Rode; Katharina Worda; Anwar Nassar; Mona Aboulghar; Dwight Rouse; Elizabeth Thom; Fionnuala Breathnach; Soichiro Nakayama; Francesca Maria Russo; Julian N Robinson; Jodie M Dodd; Roger B Newman; Sohinee Bhattacharya; Selphee Tang; Ben Willem J Mol; Javier Zamora; Basky Thilaganathan; Shakila Thangaratinam Journal: BMJ Date: 2016-09-06