Maternal and fetal outcomes of triplet gestation in a tertiary hospital in Oman

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Objectives : The aim of this study was to describe the fetal and maternal outcomes of triplet gestation and to report on the maternal characteristics of those pregnancies in a tertiary care centre in Oman.

Methods : A retrospective study was undertaken of all triplet pregnancies delivered at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, between January 2009 and December 2011.

Results: Over the three-year study period, there were 9,140 deliveries.

Of these, there were 18 triplet pregnancies, giving a frequency of 0.2 %.

The mean gestational age at delivery was 31.0 ± 3.0 weeks, and the mean birth weight was 1,594 ± 460 g.

The most common maternal complications were preterm labour in 13 pregnancies (72.2 %), gestational diabetes in 7 (39 %) and gestational hypertension in 5 (28 %).

Of the total deliveries, there were 54 neonates.

Neonatal complications among these included hyaline membrane disease in 25 neonates (46 %), hyperbilirubinaemia in 24 (43 %), sepsis in 18 (33 %) and anaemia in 8 (15 %).

The perinatal mortality rate was 55 per 1,000 births.

Conclusion : The maternal and neonatal outcomes of triplet pregnancies were similar to those reported in other studies.