Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002

<strong>Background: </strong>Multiple pregnancy is the gestation of more than one fetus in the uterine cavity, in this case two of them. This kind of pregnancy is considered a high obstetric risk due to its high rate in perinatal morbimortality. <strong>Objectives:</strong> t...

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Main Authors: Mariam Zam, Alberto Jorge Fernández, Gabriel Jiménez González, Alexis Díaz Brito, Cristóbal Torres González
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2004-08-01
Series:Medisur
Online Access:http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/53
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author Mariam Zam
Alberto Jorge Fernández
Gabriel Jiménez González
Alexis Díaz Brito
Cristóbal Torres González
author_facet Mariam Zam
Alberto Jorge Fernández
Gabriel Jiménez González
Alexis Díaz Brito
Cristóbal Torres González
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description <strong>Background: </strong>Multiple pregnancy is the gestation of more than one fetus in the uterine cavity, in this case two of them. This kind of pregnancy is considered a high obstetric risk due to its high rate in perinatal morbimortality. <strong>Objectives:</strong> to assess<strong> </strong>the morbimortality rate behavior in multiple pregnancy of two fetuses in Cienfuegos city.<strong> Methods: </strong>A descriptive retrospective study about<strong> </strong>multiple pregnancy of two fetuses was carried out in the University Hospital ¨Dr: Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨; in<strong> </strong>Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002. This kind of pregnancy with more than 28 weeks of gestation as well as the deliveries taken place in the above mentioned hospital constituted the sample of this investigation. The influence of this kind of pregnancy in the main perinatal morbimortality indicators was analyzed. <strong>Results:</strong> out of the total of 9 556 birth, 95 of them were of twins for a 0, 9 per cent of incidence. The increment of the maternal weight was over 12 kg. and was associated with the higher weight of the newborn baby. 61 % of the mothers presented obstetric diseases. The most frequent were preterm labor, hypertension, and premature rupture of the membrane. Cesarean delivery had the 51 % for both deliveries and its main causes were; malposition of one or both fetuses, soft parts dystocia and hypertension in the pregnancy process. The most frequent illnesses in the perinatal morbimortality were low weight at birth, fetal late antepartal death and the umbilical cord procidentia.
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spelling doaj.art-20fbcc8e4af94dc18604e47aac383b8a2022-12-21T17:57:24ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2004-08-0122252953Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002Mariam ZamAlberto Jorge FernándezGabriel Jiménez GonzálezAlexis Díaz BritoCristóbal Torres González<strong>Background: </strong>Multiple pregnancy is the gestation of more than one fetus in the uterine cavity, in this case two of them. This kind of pregnancy is considered a high obstetric risk due to its high rate in perinatal morbimortality. <strong>Objectives:</strong> to assess<strong> </strong>the morbimortality rate behavior in multiple pregnancy of two fetuses in Cienfuegos city.<strong> Methods: </strong>A descriptive retrospective study about<strong> </strong>multiple pregnancy of two fetuses was carried out in the University Hospital ¨Dr: Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨; in<strong> </strong>Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002. This kind of pregnancy with more than 28 weeks of gestation as well as the deliveries taken place in the above mentioned hospital constituted the sample of this investigation. The influence of this kind of pregnancy in the main perinatal morbimortality indicators was analyzed. <strong>Results:</strong> out of the total of 9 556 birth, 95 of them were of twins for a 0, 9 per cent of incidence. The increment of the maternal weight was over 12 kg. and was associated with the higher weight of the newborn baby. 61 % of the mothers presented obstetric diseases. The most frequent were preterm labor, hypertension, and premature rupture of the membrane. Cesarean delivery had the 51 % for both deliveries and its main causes were; malposition of one or both fetuses, soft parts dystocia and hypertension in the pregnancy process. The most frequent illnesses in the perinatal morbimortality were low weight at birth, fetal late antepartal death and the umbilical cord procidentia.http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/53
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Alberto Jorge Fernández
Gabriel Jiménez González
Alexis Díaz Brito
Cristóbal Torres González
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title Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
title_full Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
title_fullStr Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
title_full_unstemmed Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
title_short Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
title_sort perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002
url http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/53
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