Neonatal outcomes in twin pregnancies delivered moderately preterm, late preterm, and term

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 537-542

  Refuerzo, Jerrie S ^a   Momirova, Valerija ^b   Peaceman, Alan M ^c   Sciscione, Anthony ^d   Rouse, Dwight J ^e   Caritis, Steve N ^f   Spong, Catherine Y ^g   Varner, Michael W ^h   Malone, Fergal D ⁱ   Iams, Jay D ^j   Mercer, Brian M ^k   Thorp, John M ^l   Sorokin, Yoram ^m   Carpenter, Marshall W ⁿ   Lo, Julie ^o   Harper, Margaret ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^o GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

late preterm birth; neonatal morbidities; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; TERM BIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TERM BIRTH; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954882763     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248940     Document Type: Article

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