Risk of Preterm Birth with Vaginal Progesterone in Twin Pregnancies.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- LIVERGOOD, M. CHRISTINE; TRUDELL, AMANDA
- Source
- American Family Physician; 11/1/2017, Vol. 96 Issue 9, p602B-602C, 2p
- Subject
- PROGESTERONE
RISK factors in premature labor
MULTIPLE pregnancy
MATERNAL health
PERINATOLOGY
HEALTH outcome assessment
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002838X
The article discusses research which investigated effectiveness of vaginal progesterone in reducing preterm birth risk in twin pregnancies. Topics explored include the vaginal progesterone dosage administered to women in the randomized controlled trials reviewed, the adverse perinatal outcomes recorded, and the reduction in preterm birth risk in dichorionic twin pregnancies.