Neonatal mortality and morbidity in vertex-vertex second twins according to mode of delivery and birth weight

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-10

  Yang, Q ^a,b   Wen, S W ^a,b   Chen, Y ^a   Krewski, D ^a   Fung, K Fung Kee ^a   Walker, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mode of delivery; Neonatal morality; Neonatal morbidity; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; RACE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TWINS;

EID: 31344482307     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211408     Document Type: Article

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