Perinatal outcomes in twin pregnancies complicated by maternal morbidity: evidence from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health

• Main Authors: Danielly S. Santana (Author), Carla Silveira (Author), Maria L. Costa (Author), Renato T. Souza (Author), Fernanda G. Surita (Author), João P. Souza (Author), Syeda Batool Mazhar (Author), Kapila Jayaratne (Author), Zahida Qureshi (Author), Maria H. Sousa (Author), Joshua P. Vogel (Author), José G. Cecatti (Author), on behalf of the WHO Multi-Country Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health Research Network (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Twin pregnancy was associated with significantly higher rates of adverse neonatal and perinatal outcomes, especially for the second twin. In addition, the maternal complications (potentially life-threatening conditions-PLTC, maternal near miss-MNM, and maternal mortality-MM) are...