Ultrasound screening for complications in twin pregnancy

In the decades since the introduction of ultrasound into routine obstetric practice, the advantages of ultrasound have moved beyond the simple ability to identify multiple pregnancies antenatally to the possibility of screening them for fetal anomalies, pre-eclampsia, preterm birth, and the complications specific to monochorionic pregnancies. Screening studies have often excluded twins because physiological differences impact on the validity and sensitivity of the screening tests in routine use in singletons, and therefore, the evidence of screening performance in multiple pregnancy lags behind the evidence from singleton pregnancies.

Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - February 18, 2018 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Rosemary Townsend, Asma Khalil Source Type: research