Brief Introduction: In the last years, a strong increase in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedures was registered in Italy. Several medical studies performed in Europe demonstrate that most of the children conceived after ART are normal; nevertheless, there is an increasing evidence that ART-conceived children are at higher risk of poor perinatal outcome. Furthermore, compared to women who conceive naturally, those who undergo ART procedure are more likely to deliver multiple-birth infants, which are associated with more complications compared with natural singleton pregnancies. Then, it is important to follow up these children, evaluating whether they have elevated developmental risks compared to naturally conceived children to address them to the best therapeutic intervention as soon as possible.Materials & Methods: This is a 12-month follow-up study, which has been conducted on all twins and triplets delivered between 2010 and 2013, who arrived to our servic
PERINATAL OUTCOME AND PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN SPONTANEOUS VERSUS ASSISTED CONCEPTION MULTIPLE BIRTHS: A 12-MONTH FOLLOW-UP / DE LISO, Paola; S., De Angelis; C., Dosi; Caravale, Barbara; Castronovo, Antonella; Casadei, Anna Maria. - In: THE JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1476-7058. - STAMPA. - (2014), pp. 419-420. (Intervento presentato al convegno XXIV European Congress Perinatal Medicine tenutosi a Firenze nel 4-6 Giugno 2014) [10.3109/14767058.2014.924236].
PERINATAL OUTCOME AND PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN SPONTANEOUS VERSUS ASSISTED CONCEPTION MULTIPLE BIRTHS: A 12-MONTH FOLLOW-UP
DE LISO, PAOLA;CARAVALE, BARBARA;CASTRONOVO, ANTONELLA;CASADEI, Anna Maria
2014
Abstract
Brief Introduction: In the last years, a strong increase in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedures was registered in Italy. Several medical studies performed in Europe demonstrate that most of the children conceived after ART are normal; nevertheless, there is an increasing evidence that ART-conceived children are at higher risk of poor perinatal outcome. Furthermore, compared to women who conceive naturally, those who undergo ART procedure are more likely to deliver multiple-birth infants, which are associated with more complications compared with natural singleton pregnancies. Then, it is important to follow up these children, evaluating whether they have elevated developmental risks compared to naturally conceived children to address them to the best therapeutic intervention as soon as possible.Materials & Methods: This is a 12-month follow-up study, which has been conducted on all twins and triplets delivered between 2010 and 2013, who arrived to our servicI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
