Risks in multiple pregnancies
Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 04:08
in Health & Medicine
The complication rate during pregnancy with twins is about 40%. Women with multiple pregnancies often develop pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and haemorrhages during the term of their pregnancy. Joachim W Dudenhausen from the Charite Berlin University Medicine and Rolf F Maier from Magdeburg University Medical Centre, investigate which risks can be minimised by close monitoring in multiple pregnancies (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[38]: 663-8)...