title: Fetomaternal and neonatal outcome of triplet pregnancy. Promising results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the fetomaternal and neonatal outcomes in triplet pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of 32 triplet pregnancies between January 2007 to December 2009 was carried out. This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, the most common complication was preterm labor, while other complications examined were not dramatically increased. The most common complication observed in neonates were respiratory distress syndrome with good neonatal outcome. The study demonstrated high perinatal mortality, mostly due to extreme low gestational age at delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found a good maternal and neonatal outcome in patients who conceived with triplet, although the sample size is small due to a rare incidence of triplet gestation. This finding is helpful in counseling patients who had conceived triplets in terms of preterm delivery, mode of delivery, and the need for embryo reduction at earlier stages of pregnancy, as well as performing a prophylactic cervical cerclage.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, PO Box 641, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. sunaidi@hotmail.com
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Al-Sunaidi
authors: Mesfer S
authors: MS
authors: Al-Shahrani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D059286:Pregnancy, Triplet; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult