A Retrospective Study: Twin Pregnancy at Tertiary Care Center, Maternal and Perinatal Outcome

Abstract

Background The objective of present study was to study the maternal and perinatal outcome in twin pregnancy in a tertiary care canter Methods Retrospective analytical review of all twin deliveries at J K Lon hospital Govt medical college Kota over a period of 1 year between January 2020 and December 2020 There were 60 twin deliveries Maternal details antenatal complications and fetal outcome were analysed Results The incidence of twin pregnancy was 1 4 with maximum incidence in age group of 20 -29 years and in multigravida Vertex - vertex fetal presentation was most common presentation Most frequent mode of delivery was caesarean section 76 6 Preterm labour was most common maternal complication 75 followed by anaemia 60 Complications in perinatal period were birth hypoxia 35 intrauterine growth restriction 13 3 hyperbilirubinaemia 10 and neonatal sepsis 3 3 85 of the new-borns were LBW Perinatal mortality in our study was 15