Delayed interval delivery of a twin pregnancy.
A twin pregnancy is reported in which a prolonged interval between delivery of twins was accomplished by the use of labor-inhibiting drugs and the placement of a cerevical cerclage. Infants weighting 690 and 1192 g were delivered from a mother with a normal uterus at 27 and 31 weeks' gestation, with survival of the second twin. Pathologic and sonographic findings in the case, philosophies of its management, and a review of the medical literature are presented. The case is apparently unique to obstetric literature.
D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005280:Fenoterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009756:Nylidrin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D013997:Time Factors; D014427:Twins; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005280:Fenoterol; D009756:Nylidrin