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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Twin Pregnancies"”.
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Accuracy of ultrasound beyond 14 weeks to determine chorionicity of twin pregnancies
Determining the chorionicity of twin pregnancies is extremely important as this influences the frequency of surveillance, timing of delivery and management of complications. Monochorionic twins have 2.5 times the perinatal mortality of dichorionic twins, and in the case of a single intra-uterine …
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Attitudes to ward and Uptake of Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing In Twin Pregnancies
<p>The rate of twinning is rising and is associated with delayed age at childbirth and increased infertility treatments. Since the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing, interest in and uptake of genetic screening and testing in twin pregnancies has not been investigated. Therefore, this …
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Birth order, delivery and concordance of mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in twin pregnancies
… is available regarding vertical transmission in twin pregnancies. There is uncertainty whether discordance of HIV transmission exists between the first born (Twin A) and second born (Twin B) infant. Primary aim of the study was to examine if there is any discordance of HIV transmission in twin …
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Music therapy and Prenatal Stress Reduction: An Alternative Approach to Reduce the Perception of Stress for women with Uncomplicated and Low Risk Twin Pregnancies
… in women pregnant with uncomplicated low risk twins, increasing the chance for positive prenatal outcomes?</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong>: To evaluate the effects of soothing music as an alternative approach to reducing the perception of stress, and to increase the ability tor women with …
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Predicting successful outcome of singleton and multiple pregnancies after assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
Pregnancies conceived through ART are increasing in prevalence in maternity units in Ireland. This is due in a large part to the increasing age of women attempting to conceive for the first time but also due to the increasing success of ART. This thesis explores pre-pregnancy characteristics that …
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A Pilot Intervention Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Guided Imagery (GI) to Reduce the Perception of Stress n Uncomplicated Twnin Pregnancies
… decrease in perceived stress in uncomplicated twin pregnancies. The aim was to introduce self-care stress reduction techniques: guided imagery with Roy adaptation model as a conceptual structure.</p> <p>Background/Significance: Twin pregnancy can be associated with significant physical and …
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Placental growth factor; potential for its use in twin pregnancy and evaluation of its benefit in singletons with suspected preterm pre-eclampsia
… maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Twin pregnancies confer an increased risk of development of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. Placental growth factor is an angiogenic protein highly expressed during pregnancy. The pro-angiogenic/anti-angiogenic synergism of PlGF and its …
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A symphysis fundal height nomogram for Lusaka
… study of 276 healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies between 20 and 42 weeks gestation, whose SFH was measured In centimeters. A SFH nomogram was then constructed from a total number of 4-20 SFH measurements on 100 patients. The growth of the fundus was almost linear up to 40 weeks. The …
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Outcome of twin deliveries according to planned mode of delivery at Level II hospitals within the Metro West Cape Town Health District
Twin pregnancies are associated with greater fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality compared to singleton pregnancies. It has been shown in a large multicentre randomised control trial by Barrett et al, that this risk is not significantly changed by planned mode of delivery in a twin pregnancy …
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Superfetation in beef cattle
… as embryonic diapause or differential growth of twins have been suggested as more accurate descriptions of the cases reported as superfetation. The hypothesis of this study is that if a viable pregnancy can ensure maternal recognition in cattle, an asynchronous embryo can develop in a more …
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A study of low birthweight infants delivered at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka
… interruption before term e.g. pre-eclampsia, twinning, antepartum haemorrhage, and others.This was a retrospective study to: establish the incidence of low birthweight infants delivered at the UTH in Lusaka over a period of twelve months from January to December 1998 and document maternal and …