OBJECTIVE: To know characteristics of multiple pregnancies and to determine benefits of early diagnosis, prenatal control and continuous prenatal assessment to decrease perinatal morbidity and mortality in pregnant women at Loayza Hospital. DESIGN: Descriptive and retrospective study of multiple gestations occurred during 1,997. RESULTS: In 42 multiple pregnancies (39 twins - 3 triplets; incidence: 1: 125 and 1: 1,625) with maternal ages from 17 to 42 years old, 73,8% (31) bad good prenatal controls; 90,5% got ultrasound diagnosis during prenatal control, before 28 weeks in 61,9% (26 patients); 42,9% of pregnancies reached term and the most frequent pathologies were anemia, preeclampsia, disminishing the chance of preterm labor in comparison with previous studies. Abdominal delivery was 76,2% because of an abnormal fetal position (44,8%), severe preeclampsia (20,7%) and previous cesarean...

OBJECTIVE: To know characteristics of multiple pregnancies and to determine benefits of early diagnosis, prenatal control and continuous prenatal assessment to decrease perinatal morbidity and mortality in pregnant women at Loayza Hospital. DESIGN: Descriptive and retrospective study of multiple gestations occurred during 1,997. RESULTS: In 42 multiple pregnancies (39 twins - 3 triplets; incidence: 1: 125 and 1: 1,625) with maternal ages from 17 to 42 years old, 73,8% (31) bad good prenatal controls; 90,5% got ultrasound diagnosis during prenatal control, before 28 weeks in 61,9% (26 patients); 42,9% of pregnancies reached term and the most frequent pathologies were anemia, preeclampsia, disminishing the chance of preterm labor in comparison with previous studies. Abdominal delivery was 76,2% because of an abnormal fetal position (44,8%), severe preeclampsia (20,7%) and previous cesarean...