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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
[Death of one fetus in multiple pregnancies during the second and third trimesters. Maternal-fetal complications]
1Service de Gynecologie Obtetrique, La Marsa.
Abstract:
The authors report 7 cases of death of one foetus during multiples pregnancies in 107 pregnancies during the second and the third quarter. The rate is 6.54%. Five cases are complicated by toxaemia which increased the caesarean rate. The placenta is monochorial in 4 cases. The hemostasis check up shows a drop of fibrinogen and the rate of thrombin, which normalised after delivery. One patient developed in septicaemia after caesarean delivery. Concerning the surviving foetus: 5 of them had en intra uterine under development, 2 of them were premature and one developed an encephalopathy.
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