Prevention of high order multiple pregnancy

Ethical Aspects of Multiple Pregnancy

The rate of multiple pregnancy has dramatically increased during the past decades, along with the diffusion of assisted reproduction technology (ART). Multiple pregnancy entail an increased risk of, at times life threatening, maternal complications i.e. pre-eclampsia, eclampsia or abruptio placenta, of serious neonatal hazards, i.e. extreme prematurity or growth retardation, as well as deleteri...

A comparison of pregnancy outcome between high-order multiple and twin pregnancies: matched-pair retrospective study.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the pregnancy outcome between high-order multiple and twin pregnancies. DESIGN: Matched-pair retrospective analysis. SETTING: University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS: Patient records from 38 high-order multiple pregnancies that were delivered over a period of 15 years, and those from matched twin pregnancies. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Obstetric and perinatal outcome...

Legal Aspects of Iatrogenic Multiple Pregnancy

During Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedures, the transfer of a single embryo dramatically reduces the rate of multiple pregnancy. Proper information, therefore, should be delivered to patients before embryo transfer. In many countries, regulations limit, according to age of the patient, the number of embryos to be transferred. Selective fetal reduction should not be considered as a...

Ethical guidelines in the prevention of iatrogenic multiple pregnancy.

I-19: Risks of Multiple Pregnancy, Preterm

Advances in treating infertile couples by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) over more than three decades have greatly improved the chances of better outcomes. While twinning and higher order multiple birth rates are still high in most countries, lower rates have sometimes been achieved by single-embryo transfer. Multiple preg- Abstracts of the 12th Royan International Congress on Reprodu...