Maternal and neonatal outcomes in 54 triplet pregnancies managed in an Australian tertiary centre

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-227

  Barkehall Thomas, Andrea ^b   Woodward, Louise ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiple pregnancy; Neonate; Preterm labour; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; APNEA; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIVERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JAUNDICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TACHYPNEA; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; VICTORIA;

EID: 3242759951     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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