Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Triplet Gestation in a Tertiary Hospital in Oman

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.