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multiple birth

n
(Medicine) a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
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With metformin alone the viable pregnancy rate was 34.28% (12 cases); rate of spontaneous abortion was 08.57% (3 cases); no cases of multiple pregnancy and OHSS found.
The follow up protocols are our hospital protocols which are based on National Institute of Clinical Excellence, United Kingdom (NICE) guidelines for the management of multiple pregnancy. The information was recorded on a proforma and statistical analysis was obtained through SPSS software.
At the first consultation, all the couples undergoing IVF/ICSI had received verbal and written information from their gynecologist regarding the IVF/ICSI procedures, including related risks, especially multiple pregnancy.
Also, in cases of multiple pregnancy where the gestation of a number of embryos must be terminated.
DOCTOR'S NOTES | FULL government funding for IVF would lower multiple pregnancy rates and improve safety for mothers, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Multiple pregnancy following IVF treatment occurs from the transferral of more than one embryo into the uterus.
On the first day of each pregnancy week, we would check the size of our baby in multiple pregnancy apps and sites to compare our baby to a fruit."
Women with a multiple pregnancy are not allowed to travel after the 32nd week.
The incidences of premature rupture of membranes (PROM), preterm birth, prolonged pregnancy, hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy (HDCP), multiple pregnancy, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), placenta previa, placental abruption, postpartum hemorrhage, and amniotic fluid embolism were 15.27%, 7.04%, 6.71%, 5.35%, 1.57%, 1.22%, 1.14%, 0.54%, 3.26% and 0.06%, respectively.
By using this latest technology the Fertility Unit will be able to select a single embryo with the highest implantation potential, maximising the pregnancy rate, reducing the rates of multiple pregnancy and providing a better pregnancy outcome for mother and baby.
The 20 chapters explain perinatal autopsy, techniques, and classifications; placental examination; the fetus at less than 15 weeks gestation; stillbirth and intrauterine growth restriction; hydrops fetalis; the pathology of twinning and higher multiple pregnancy; patterns in genetic conditions; the metabolic disease autopsy; the abnormal heart; the central nervous system; significant congenital abnormalities of the respiratory, digestive, and renal systems; skeletal dysplasias; congenital tumors; complications of prematurity; intrapartum and neonatal death; sudden unexpected death in infancy; infections and malnutrition; the role of magnetic resonance imaging and radiology in post mortems; and the forensic post mortem.
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