Perinatal outcomes in twin late preterm pregnancies: results from an Italian area-based, prospective cohort study.

Background: Multiple gestations represent a considerable proportion of pregnancies delivering in the late preterm (LP) period. Only 30% of LP twins are due to spontaneous preterm labor and 70% are medically indicated; among this literature described that 16-50% of indicated LP twin deliveries are non-evidence based. As non-evidence-based delivery indications account for iatrogenic morbidity that could be prevented, the objective of our observational study is to investigate first neonatal outcomes of LP twin pregnancies according to gestational age at delivery, chorionicity and delivery indication, then non evidence-based delivery indications.

Delivery indication matters for perinatal outcomes in late preterm newborns.

Background: The late preterm (LP) rate in Western countries is 3-6% of all births, accounting for about two-thirds of the entire preterm population. However, all LP babies are not the same.

Aims: To identify pregnancies at risk for adverse outcomes in the LP period, we investigated how gestational age (GA) at delivery, delivery indication and prenatal risk factors may affect neonatal outcomes.

Ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies in a single center: diagnostic performances twenty years after the Eurofetus Study.

Purpose: To establish the accuracy of ultrasound in detecting fetal anomalies looking at the concordance between prenatal and postnatal diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of concordance between prenatal and postnatal/autoptic diagnosis of fetuses with congenital abnormalities. Data are from a single center (Policlinico di Modena); all fetuses included were born between 2017 and 2018 and with a follow-up of at least 6 months.