Platelet count as a predictive factor of neonatal outcome in twin pregnancy with fetal demise

Autor: S, Plesinac, B Kastratović, Kotlica, S, Aksam, I, Babović, I, Pilić
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Clinical and experimental obstetricsgynecology. 40(2)
ISSN: 0390-6663
Popis: During the last decade, the rate of twin pregnancies has increased and reached 3% of all pregnancies.This study enrolled 36 twin pregnancies that were followed and delivered at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia over a five-year period.The first group included 15 patients with a monochorionic twin pregnancy, and the second group consisted of 21 patients with a dichorionic twin pregnancy. The platelet count was significantly lower in patients with APGAR scores of more than 8, with an average of 185,000/ml, and in patients with a score of less than 4, the average count was 221,000/ml. The perinatal mortality rate of the surviving twin was 33% in the monochorionic group and 0.4% in the dichorionic group.An increase in the maternal platelet count can be used as a predictor for a negative neonatal outcome of the surviving twin.
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