The incidence, maternal, fetal and neonatal consequences of single intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins: A prospective observational UKOSS study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Report maternal, fetal and neonatal complications associated with single intrauterine fetal death (sIUFD) in monochorionic twin pregnancies.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

UK.

Population

81 monochorionic twin pregnancies with sIUFD after 14 weeks gestation, irrespective of cause.

Methods

UKOSS reporters submitted data collection forms using data from hospital records.

Main outcome measures

Aetiology of sIUFD; surviving co-twin outcomes: perinatal mortality, central nervous system (CNS) imaging, gestation and mode of delivery, neonatal outcomes; post-mortem findings; maternal outcomes.

Results

The commonest aetiology was twin-twin transfusion syndrome (38/81, 47%), "spontaneous" sIUFD (22/81, 27%) was second common

SUBMITTER: Morris RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7505445 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature