Prospective risk of stillbirth and neonatal complications in twin pregnancies: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the risks of stillbirth and neonatal complications by gestational age in uncomplicated monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases (until December 2015).

Review methods

Databases were searched without language restrictions for studies of women with uncomplicated twin pregnancies that reported rates of stillbirth and neonatal outcomes at various gestational ages. Pregnancies with unclear chorionicity, monoamnionicity, and twin to twin transfusion syndrome were excluded. Meta-analyses of observational studies and cohorts nested within randomised studies were undertaken. Prospective risk of stillbirth was computed for each study at a given we

SUBMITTER: Cheong-See F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5013231 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature