Twin Pregnancies in Sub-Saharan Africa- Lagos experience

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dc.contributor.authorAdegbola, O
dc.contributor.authorAkindele, M.O.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-02T08:32:18Z
dc.date.available2020-03-02T08:32:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionStaff publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractA total of 2,879 deliveries were conducted within 2 years and 92 were twin deliveries constituting 3.2% or 1 in 31 deliveries. The mean age and parity was 30.4 ± 3.9 years and 1.3 ± 1.4 respectively. Male infants constituted 54.4% of the twins with a sex ratio of 1.2 boys to 1.0 girl. Among twin deliveries, presentation of cephalic-cephalic was the commonest. Caesarean section rate was 65.2% in the overall twin pregnancies. Commonest indication for perinatal admission was prematurity. None of the twins delivered before 28 weeks gestation survived whereas survival was almost certain from 32 weeks gestation. There was generally no significance difference in the outcome of the babies with respect to chorionicity. Perinatal mortality was high compared with that of singleton with prematurity being the leading cause of death.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdegbola, O. Akindele, M.O. Twin Pregnancies in Sub-Saharan Africa- Lagos experience. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2012;25(11):2447-2450.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7932
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInforma UK Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine;Vol.25(1)
dc.subjectIncidence, perinatal and maternal outcome, twin pregnanciesen_US
dc.subjectIncidenceen_US
dc.subjectPerinatal and maternal outcomeen_US
dc.subjectTwin pregnanciesen_US
dc.subjectTwin deliveriesen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Surgery::Obstetrics and women's diseasesen_US
dc.titleTwin Pregnancies in Sub-Saharan Africa- Lagos experienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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