Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal OutcomeL.G. Keith, E. Papiernik From the Foreword by John J. Sciarra, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas J. Watkins Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Past President of FIGO, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago: "This book is by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date source on multiple pregnancy. It discusses cutting-edge options and technologies, and co |
Contents
The role of research in twin medicine | 3 |
The twin method | 9 |
Biology | 23 |
The mechanism of monozygosity and double ovulation | 25 |
The frequency and survival probability of natural twin conceptions | 41 |
Documenting the vanishing twin by pathological examination | 51 |
The vanishing twin | 59 |
Congenital anomalies and pregnancy loss | 73 |
The twintwin transfusion syndrome treatment of chorioangiopagus and asymmetry | 399 |
The intrauterine demise of one fetus | 407 |
Antepartum Considerations | 413 |
The physiology of preterm labor | 415 |
Normal and abnormal patterns of labor | 427 |
Reducing the risk of preterm delivery | 437 |
Assessment of cervical change | 453 |
Ambulatory tocolysis | 471 |
Conjoined twins | 93 |
Placentation | 113 |
Epidemiology | 131 |
Demographic trends in twin births USA | 133 |
The epidemiology of multiple births in Europe | 145 |
The role of birth weight gestational age race and other infant characteristics in twin intrauterine growth and infant mortality | 163 |
The impact of assisted reproductive technology on the incidence of multiple gestation | 175 |
Diagnosis and General Considerations | 193 |
Ultrasound scanning techniques | 195 |
Population ultrasound the Swedish experience | 205 |
Pregnancy dating and evaluation by ultrasonography | 215 |
Diagnosis of fetal congenital anomalies by ultrasonography | 239 |
Maternal adaptation to multifetal pregnancy | 269 |
Maternal clinical and biochemical changes | 279 |
Psychophysiological adaptation to multiple pregnancy | 289 |
Maternal characteristics and prenatal nutrition 21 | 299 |
Assessment and Management of Fetal Wellbeing | 311 |
Prenatal genetic diagnosis amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling | 313 |
Biophysical assessment | 325 |
Intrauterine behavior | 331 |
The natural history of grand multifetal pregnancies and the effect of pregnancy reduction | 351 |
Multifetal pregnancy reduction and selective secondtrimester termination | 359 |
The twintwin transfusion syndrome vascular anatomy of monochorionic placentas and their clinical outcomes | 367 |
The twintwin transfusion syndrome threedimensional modelling of the common villous district | 395 |
The optimum route of delivery | 491 |
Labor and delivery | 503 |
Analgesic and anesthetic considerations | 517 |
Clinical management of monoamniotic twins | 527 |
Management of triplet and higherorder pregnancies | 535 |
Postpartum Considerations | 551 |
Breast feeding multiples | 553 |
Bonding and attachment | 563 |
Psychiatric considerations after the birth of multiples | 573 |
Childhood Growth and Development | 583 |
Fetal brain and pulmonary adaptation in multiple pregnancy | 585 |
Factors affecting developmental outcome | 599 |
The longterm development of twins anthropometric factors and cognition | 613 |
Postnatal zygosity determination | 625 |
Parental Concerns | 635 |
The parentdoctor relationship | 637 |
Ethical considerations | 645 |
National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs Inc | 655 |
Parenting twins a pediatricians point of view | 659 |
Parents of multiples clubs and clinics the United Kingdom experience | 663 |
Resources | 667 |
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