Multiple pregnancy management: the King Khalid University Hospital experience

ABSTRACT

This review analyzes the multiple pregnancies in King Khalid University Hospital [KKUH] from January 1985 to December 1989. Over this period, the incidence of multiple pregnancy was found to be 10.25/1000. The study confirms a higher incidence of complications among multiple pregnancy cases. For example, the cesarean section rate was 32.2% as compared with 3.6% for the single pregnancies, and the neonatal deaths occurred in a higher number [3.3%] as compared to 1.0% in the controls. However, even though the overall prematurity rate [reports