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Fetal Acidosis in Second Twins*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

R. Derom*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Obstetrics, State University, Ghent
M. Thiery
Affiliation:
Dept. of Obstetrics, State University, Ghent
*
Verloskundige Kliniek, Rijksuniversiteit, De Pintelaan 115, Gent, Belgium

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Acid-base balance was analysed in cord blood after normal spontaneous delivery of twins. Whereas in the first twin the balance results entirely comparable with that of normal singletons, second twins exhibit most of the time some pathological degree of acidosis, the cause of which is intrauterine hypoxia.

The importance of this phenomenon is discussed in relation to the conduct of labour and the value of the twin method in genetical investigation.

Type
Session 7 - Multiple Conception and Pregnancy
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1970

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