[Apropos of 507 pregnancies and twin deliveries in the district of Bamako].
This report covers study on pregnancy and delivery of 507 sets of twins: pregnancy involving twins accounts for 1.52%. in over 60% of cases, twins are diagnosed during the last 3 months, 34% by the clinic, 38% by echography and 26% by X-ray over 55% of these patients have undergone no prenatal examination over 91% of these patients had normal deliveries: over 8% had caesarean operations over 41% of deliveries were premature perinatal mortality was 150%, that of the second twin (J2) being 3 times higher than that of the first (JI) 25% of the deliveries were accompanied by haemorrhage of which 8 cases resulted in the mother's death.
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D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008302:Mali; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D014427:Twins
A propos de 507 grossesses et accouchements gémellaires dans le district de Bamako.