Comparison of Singleton and Multiple-Birth Outcomes of Infants Born at or Before 32 Weeks of Gestation  

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Xiangming, Qiu ; Lee, Shoo K. ; Tan, Kenneth ; Piedboeuf, Bruno ; Canning, Rody

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Obstetrics and Gynecology vol. 111 no. 02 (Feb. 2008), page 365.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: O01.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcomes of multiple-birth and singleton very preterm infants who were admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). METHODS: Three-level hierarchical generalized linear and hierarchical linear model analyses were used to compare the risk-adjusted outcomes of 3,242 infants born at or before 32 weeks of gestational age who were admitted to 24 Canadian NICUs in 2005. RESULTS: With the exception of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), multiple-birth infants were not at a higher risk than singleton birth infants for death, patent ductus arteriosus, necrotizing enterocolitis, chronic lung disease, severe intraventricular hemorrhage, severe (stages 3 or higher) retinopathy of prematurity, or nosocomial infection, after adjusting for perinatal risks and neonatal illness severity. In addition, multiple-birth infants did not have a more prolonged duration of neonatal intensive care unit stay, duration of length of continuous positive airway pressure use, duration of ventilation, or duration of oxygen use than did singletons. Multiple-birth infants had a higher incidence of RDS (adjusted odds ratio 1.3, 95% confidence interval 1.0–1.6) and a lower incidence of severe retinopathy of prematurity (adjusted odds ratio 0.5, 95% confidence interval 0.3–0.9) than did singletons. CONCLUSION: Multiple-birth and singleton very preterm infants had similar outcomes, except for a higher incidence of RDS among multiple-birth infants.

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