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This concise and easy-to-use handbook provides up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines for the optimal antepartum and intrapartum management of twin, triplet, and higher-order multifetal gestations. Coverage includes a detailed discussion of prenatal genetic diagnosis in multiple gestations and a review of the risks and benefits of multifetal pregnancy reduction and selective termination. Other topics addressed include maternal nutrition, prediction and prevention of preterm birth, obstetric complications unique to multiple gestations, intrapartum management of multiples, and management of triplet and higher-order multiple birth. Detailed and extensively researched tables summarize the outcomes of twin, triplet, quadruplet, and reduced pregnancies. A Brandon-Hill recommended title.