Title
Optimal timing for term delivery of twin pregnancies: A population-based study
Date Issued
01 April 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Dai J.
Hoyos L.R.
Chelliah A.
Bahado-Singh R.
Sokol R.J.
Wayne State University
Publisher(s)
Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Abstract
Objective The objective of this study was to examine the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes after twin delivery according to gestational age. Materials and Methods The U.S. Natality Database from 2007 to 2010 was reviewed. Inclusion criteria were twin deliveries and gestational age of 37 to 42 weeks. Exclusion criteria were congenital anomalies and missing/incomplete data. Cases were subdivided by gestational age into early term, term, and late term. Singleton pregnancies matched by delivery time and location were selected as controls. Outcome variables included were low Apgar score, assisted ventilation, neonatal intensive care unit admission, surfactant/antibiotic use, seizures, and birth injury. Logistic regression analysis was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios according to gestational age and plurality, using singleton term as reference. Results A total of 220,169 twin and 270,540 singleton deliveries were identified. The risk of adverse neonatal outcomes for twins was higher than for singletons. For twins, the distribution of the risks of the composite of adverse neonatal outcomes was linear, being the lowest at early term and the highest at late term, whereas the distribution for singletons was u-shaped being lowest at term compared with early and late term. Conclusions Twins are at higher risk of suboptimal neonatal outcomes than singletons, but do better when delivered at early term rather than term or late term.
Start page
487
End page
496
Volume
32
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84927648097
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Perinatology
ISSN of the container
07351631
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