Delayed Delivery of a Twin Pregnancy and Uterine Atony: Morphological and Clinical Evidence

This report presents the uncommon case of a 154-day delayed delivery in a spontaneous twin pregnancy associated with uterine atony. After abortion of the first fetus at 16 weeks, a healthy male was born at 38 weeks. Postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony, which was successfully treated with pros...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Twin research and human genetics 2011-04, Vol.14 (2), p.198-200
Hauptverfasser:	Palmara, Vittorio, Re Lo, Carmela, Priola, Valentina, Sturlese, Emanuele, Villari, Daniela, Retto, Annalisa, Santoro, Giuseppe
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abortion, Spontaneous Adult Cells Complications delayed delivery Delivery, Obstetric Evidence-based medicine Female Fetuses Gestational Age Hemorrhage Humans Infant, Newborn Male Morphology Postpartum Hemorrhage - etiology Postpartum Hemorrhage - pathology Postpartum Hemorrhage - prevention & control Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Prostaglandins Prostaglandins F - therapeutic use twin pregnancy Twins uterine atony Uterine Inertia - drug therapy Uterine Inertia - physiopathology Uterus
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Zusammenfassung:	This report presents the uncommon case of a 154-day delayed delivery in a spontaneous twin pregnancy associated with uterine atony. After abortion of the first fetus at 16 weeks, a healthy male was born at 38 weeks. Postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony, which was successfully treated with prostaglandins, occurred.
ISSN:	1832-4274 1839-2628
DOI:	10.1375/twin.14.2.198