MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS IN TWIN PREGNANCY; RECENT TRENDS: A STUDY AT JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE

Objective- The objective of this study is to analyze the complication during twin pregnancy Methodology-This study was done on the women who had the pregnancy age around twenty weeks at Jinnah hospital. All the data was collected from the delivery room of Jinnah hospital. Patients who had problem like hypertension and diabetes were exclude from research Results- In collected data 19539 was the total delivery cases in which 432 were the cases of twin pregnancy or one can say that in every 1000 cases 22 was the twin pregnancy cases. 282 out of 432 was the referred patients and 87% of the patients were lying in the age group of 21 to 30 years. Out of 432 304 gave birth to premature twines45.7% were contributed to primigravida. 259 patients out of 432 had anemia, in 122 hypertension was found, in 120 membranes preterm rupture, in 20 problem of diabetes, in 44 postpartum haemorrhage and in 24 cholesterol complication were noticed and in two cases maternal mortality occurred. Conclusion- From this study in various cases the percentage of various kind of complication were found in case of twin pregnancy. This study showed that in case of twin pregnancy a higher number of patients were observed of having the disorders like anemia, hypertension and preterm labor. More step should be taken to provide all the medication to avoid maternal mortality due to premature delivery cases. Proper treatment should be provided to lessen the adversity of complications during pregnancy. Keywords: Twin pregnancy, Preeclampsia, Preterm rupture of membranes, Preterm labor, Multiple pregnancie