title: Three-week delayed delivery in a triplet pregnancy at full dilatation with aggressive tocolysis.
abstract: We describe our aggressive management of a woman with a triplet pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization who presented at 22 weeks' gestation in labor with full cervical dilation. Successful multiagent tocolysis and delayed delivery of the two remaining fetuses after delivery of the presenting fetus led to an improved outcome for all three babies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK. YinkaMD@aol.com
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oyelese
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ville
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012312:Ritodrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015149:Tocolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014310:Triplets
chemical_list: D015149:Tocolytic Agents; D012312:Ritodrine