Journal article
Twin pregnancy and severe maternal outcomes
DS Santana, JG Cecatti, FG Surita, C Silveira, ML Costa, JP Souza, SB Mazhar, K Jayaratne, Z Qureshi, MH Sousa, JP Vogel
Obstetrics and Gynecology | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2016
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate maternal complications (potentially life-threatening conditions, maternal near miss, and maternal death) that are mutually exclusive and severe maternal outcomes (maternal near miss or maternal death) associated with twin pregnancies. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional World Health Organization Multicountry Survey, which was implemented in 29 countries. Data from 4,756 twin deliveries were compared with 308,111 singleton deliveries. Factors associated with maternal morbidity and twin pregnancies were reported with adjusted prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval). RESULTS: Potentially life-threatening conditions, maternal near miss, sever..
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Awarded by University of Campinas (Faepex)
Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by the United Nations Development Programme/UNFPA/UNICEF/World Health Organization/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, and Gynuity Health Projects. Specifically for this analysis we received a grant from the University of Campinas (Faepex, grant 11014). They played no other role nor influenced data analysis, interpretation of results and writing the manuscript.