Kamal K, Gaba M I.
Multiple births in a hospital setting.
Pak Paed J Jan ;21(4):163-6.

This study was conducted in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore to study the pattern of multiple births in routine hospital deliveries, associated neonatal mortality and morbidity, and the extent of any association between multiple births and assisted conception or drugs used for sub fertility. To this end 100 mothers with multiple gestations were seen and scrutinized for risk factors like maternal age and parity, maternal height, previous twin gestation, and exposure to exogenous gonadotrophins. Similarly the neonates were assessed for gestational age, infra uterine growth retardation, asphyxia, narcotizing enterocolitis, and congenital abnormalities. The major outcome was that a higher incidence of twinning was seen in a younger maternal age group; with history of previous twin gestations; and with increasing parity.

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