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Lipworth H, Amir K, Arruda I, Fockler M, Jung E, Po L, Barrett J, Melamed N. A new care pathway to optimize gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2023; 5:101018. [PMID: 37187262 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Maternal gestational weight gain is an important determinant of pregnancy outcomes and may have an even greater role in twin pregnancies because of their higher rate of pregnancy complications and greater nutritional demands. However, data on the optimal week-specific gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies and on interventions that should be applied in cases of inadequate gestational weight gain are limited. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether a new care pathway that involves monitoring gestational weight gain using a week-specific chart, along with a standardized protocol for managing cases with inadequate gestational weight gain, can optimize maternal gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies. METHODS In this study, patients with twin pregnancies followed in a single tertiary center between February 2021 and May 2022 were exposed to the new care pathway (postintervention group). Gestational weight gain and clinical outcomes were compared with those of a previously described cohort of patients with twins followed in our clinic before the implementation of the new care pathway (preintervention group). The new care pathway targeted patients and care providers and included educational material, a newly developed body mass index group-specific gestational weight gain chart, and a stepwise management algorithm in cases of inadequate gestational weight gain. The body mass index group-specific gestational weight gain charts were divided into 3 zones: (1) green zone (optimal gestational weight gain at 25th-75th centiles); (2) yellow zone (suboptimal gestational weight gain at 5th-24th or 76th-95th centiles); and (3) gray zone (abnormal gestational weight gain, at <5th or >95th centile). The primary outcome was the overall proportion of patients achieving optimal gestational weight gain at birth. RESULTS A total of 123 patients were exposed to the new care pathway and were compared with 1079 patients from the preintervention period. Patients in the postintervention group were more likely to achieve optimal gestational weight gain at birth (60.2% vs 47.7%; adjusted odds ratio, 1.91; 95% confidence interval, 1.28-2.86) and were less likely to achieve low-suboptimal gestational weight gain (7.3% vs 14.7%; adjusted odds ratio, 0.41; 95% confidence interval, 0.20-0.85) or any suboptimal gestational weight gain (26.8% vs 34.8%; adjusted odds ratio, 0.60; 95% confidence interval, 0.39-0.93) at birth. In addition, patients in the postintervention group were less likely to have low-abnormal gestational weight gain anytime during gestation (18.9% vs 29.1%; P=.017) and were more likely to have normal gestational weight gain throughout pregnancy (21.3% vs 14.0%; P=.031) or high-abnormal gestational weight gain anytime during gestation (18.0% vs 11.1%; P=.025), suggesting that in comparison with standard care, the new care pathway is more effective in preventing patients from moving into the low-abnormal zone than the high-abnormal zone. Furthermore, the new care pathway was more effective than standard care in correcting high-suboptimal gestational weight gain and high-abnormal gestational weight gain. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the new care pathway may be effective in optimizing maternal gestational weight gain in twin gestations, which may in turn contribute to better clinical outcomes. This is a simple, low-cost intervention that can be easily disseminated among providers caring for patients with twin pregnancies.
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- Hayley Lipworth
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Ms Lipworth); Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (Dr Barrett)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (Mses Lipworth, Amir, Arruda, Fockler, and Jung, and Drs Po and Melamed).
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Qiao P, Zhao Y, Cai J, van Donkelaar A, Martin R, Ying H, Kan H. Twin growth discordance in association with maternal exposure to fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents during late pregnancy. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 133:105148. [PMID: 31518941 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Twin growth discordance is one of the leading causes of perinatal mortality in twin pregnancies. Whether prenatal exposure to fine particle (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with twin growth discordance have not been studied yet. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the associations of prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and its chemical constituents with twin growth discordance. METHODS This study included 1917 twin pairs and their mothers drawn from a previous twin birth cohort at the Shanghai First Maternity and Infant hospital in Shanghai, China. Exposure to PM2.5 total mass and 6 key chemical constituents during the whole pregnancy and each trimester of pregnancy was represented by satellite-based models. RESULTS Maternal exposures to PM2.5 total mass and chemical constituents of sulfate (SO42-) and ammonium (NH4+) during the third trimester were significantly associated with increased within-pair birth weight difference and intertwin birth weight discordance. The within-pair birth weight difference increased by 30.6 g (β = 30.6, 95% CI, 4.4-56.9), 19.2 g (β = 19.2, 95% CI, 0.2-38.1) and 33.2 g (β = 33.2, 95% CI, 7.9-58.6) for an IQR increase in PM2.5 total mass, SO42- and NH4+ exposure, respectively. While the intertwin birth weight discordance increased by 1.3% (β = 1.3, 95% CI, 0.3-2.2), 0.9% (β = 0.9, 95% CI, 0.2-1.6) and 1.4% (β = 1.4, 95% CI, 0.4-2.3) for the same exposure metrics. Moreover, higher SO42- and NH4+ exposure was also associated with increased risk of twin growth discordance in linear dose-response manners. Compared to the lowest quartile of SO42- (OR = 2.51, 95% CI, 1.08-5.82) and NH4+ (OR = 2.97, 95% CI, 1.16-7.58) exposure, the odds of twin growth discordance were doubled in highest quartile of exposure. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that fine particle air pollution may be a risk factor for twin growth discordance. Late pregnancy seems to be a critical window for the effects of PM2.5 exposure on fetal growth in twins.
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- Ping Qiao
- Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Xiao Y, Ma S, Tao X, Wen SW, Tan H, Liu W, Shen M. Intertwin birthweight discordance and parental race: a retrospective cohort study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019; 34:293-299. [PMID: 30935270 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1602865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Objectives: Previous studies examined the association of maternal race with pregnancy outcomes. The study aimed to examine the effects of maternal, paternal, and parental race on intertwin birth weight discordance.Methods: We used the 2011-2015 multiple birth files of the USA for this study. The exposure variable of this study was parental race and intertwin birthweight discordance >25% was the outcome. In addition to separately analyzing maternal and paternal races, we assessed the effect of the combined race after grouping the participants into nine groups based on the race of both parents.Results: A total of 203,872 pairs of twins were included in the final analysis. The overall incidence of intertwin birthweight discordance in this population was 7.8%. Birthweight discordance was significantly associated with maternal, paternal, and parental races. Twins born to Black parents had significant risks of developing birthweight discordance than twins born to White parents (adjusted OR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.06-1.17 for Black mothers and Black fathers). Combined parental race showed that compared to twins born to both parents Whites, twins born to both parents Blacks had a significantly elevated risk of developing birthweight discordance (adjusted OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.07-1.18). No significant difference in the risk of developing birthweight discordance was found for other parental race groups, same race or different race parents.Conclusions: Twins born to Black mothers, fathers, or both parents had significant risks of developing intertwin birthweight discordance than twins born to White mothers, fathers, or both parents.
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- Yanni Xiao
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China.,McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Ningxiang General Hospital, Ningxiang, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, OMNI Research Group, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.,Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.,School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Educational Sciences, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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The association between inter-twin birth weight discordance and hepatitis C: The United States 2011-2015 twin birth registration data. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211683. [PMID: 30699205 PMCID: PMC6353199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Twins with discordant growth have increased risks of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Previous studies have identified a number of risk factors for inter-twin birth weight discordance, yet no study has examined the effect of maternal hepatitis C infection. METHODS We used the twin birth records extracted from the 2011 to 2015 United States birth records created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outcome variable of this study was inter-twin birth weight discordance, defined as [(birth weight of larger twin-birth weight of smaller twin) / birth weight of larger twin]. The independent association of hepatitis C infection with birth weight discordance was examined using the gamma regression or log binomial regression, adjusted by potential confounders. RESULTS Of the 270,256 twin pairs included in the final analysis, 850 (0.31%) had positive hepatitis C. Compared to mothers without hepatitis C, mothers with hepatitis C positive tended to have higher risk of birth weight discordance, but with no statistical significance. After adjustment for potential confounding factors, hepatitis C positive became a significant risk factor for birth weight discordance >25% (relative risk 1.14, 95% confidence interval 1.02-1.29). Sensitivity analyses (by treating birth weight discordance as a continuous outcome or dichotomizing into by different cutoffs) yielded similar results, with relative risks ranging from 1.07 to 1.12 (all P<0.05). CONCLUSION Maternal hepatitis C positive is associated with inter-twin birth weight discordance, an important adverse infant outcome in twin pregnancies, although the effect size is small.
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Xiao Y, Shen M, Ma S, Tao X, Wen SW, Tan H. The association between weight gain during pregnancy and intertwin delivery weight discordance using 2011-2015 birth registration data from the USA. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2018; 141:371-377. [DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 11/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yanni Xiao
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Xiangya School of Public Health; Central South University; Changsha China
- Hunan University of Medicine; Huaihua China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Xiangya School of Public Health; Central South University; Changsha China
- Department of Dermatology; Xiangya Hospital; Central South University; Changsha China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Xiangya School of Public Health; Central South University; Changsha China
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- Ningxiang General Hospital; Ningxiang China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Xiangya School of Public Health; Central South University; Changsha China
- OMNI Research Group; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Faculty of Medicine; University of Ottawa; Ottawa ON Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program; University of Ottawa; Ottawa ON Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health; Faculty of Medicine; University of Ottawa; Ottawa ON Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Xiangya School of Public Health; Central South University; Changsha China
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Bodnar LM, Pugh SJ, Abrams B, Himes KP, Hutcheon JA. Gestational weight gain in twin pregnancies and maternal and child health: a systematic review. J Perinatol 2014; 34:252-63. [PMID: 24457254 PMCID: PMC4046859 DOI: 10.1038/jp.2013.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Our objective was to systematically review the data interrogating the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and maternal and child health among women with twin gestations. We identified 15 articles of twin gestations that studied GWG in relation to a maternal, perinatal or child health outcome and controlled for gestational age at delivery and prepregnancy body mass index. A positive association between GWG and fetal size was consistently found. Evidence on preterm birth and pregnancy complications was inconsistent. The existing studies suffer from serious methodological weaknesses, including not properly accounting for the strong correlation between gestational duration and GWG and not controlling for chorionicity. In addition, serious perinatal outcomes were not studied, and no research is available on the association between GWG and outcomes beyond birth. Our systematic review underscores that GWG in twin gestations is a neglected area of research. Rigorous studies are needed to inform future evidence-based guidelines.
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- L M Bodnar
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA [2] Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA [3] Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- 1] Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA [2] Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Discordant twins: diagnosis, evaluation and management. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012; 206:10-20. [PMID: 21864822 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.06.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Approximately 16% of twin gestations have discordance of at least 20%. We identified 14 risk factors for divergent growth that can be categorized as maternal, fetal, or placental. Determination of chorionicity and serial ultrasound evaluation with a high index of suspicion for divergent growth is required for the diagnosis and stratification of risk. The highest reported likelihood ratio for detection of discordance was 5.9 during the first trimester examination and 6.0 for the second trimester. Although our ability to identify discordant twins is limited, once suspected and at viable gestational age, these pregnancies should have antepartum testing. Discordant growth alone is not an indication for preterm birth. Although there are multiple publications on the increased morbidity and mortality rates with discordant growth, there is a paucity of reports on how to manage them optimally and deliver them in a timely manner.
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Hoopmann M, Kagan KO, Yazdi B, Grischke EM, Abele H. Prediction of birth weight discordance in twin pregnancies by second- and third- trimester ultrasound. Fetal Diagn Ther 2011; 30:29-34. [PMID: 21311174 DOI: 10.1159/000323586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Our purpose was to examine whether the prenatal prediction of a critical birth weight discordance (BWD) in twin pregnancies can be improved by using either different formulae for prenatal fetal weight estimation or single biometric measurements or by assessing the intertwin discordance in the second trimester rather than shortly before birth. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study involving 196 twin pregnancies with an ultrasound examination between 18 and 25 weeks of gestation and one within 14 days prior to delivery. The accuracy was assessed by comparing the prenatal intertwin discordance (PID) with the BWD. PID was estimated by 5 common fetal weight estimation formulae and by single biometric measurements prior to delivery and in the second trimester. RESULTS The fetal weight estimation accuracy was similar in mono- and dichorionic pregnancies and the smaller and the larger twin. PID was most accurate with the fetal weight estimation formulae prior to delivery. The second-trimester measurements resulted in an underestimation of the BWD. Detection and false-positive rates for a BWD ≥20% were about 65 and 15%. DISCUSSION About two thirds of the twin pregnancies with a relevant BWD can be detected prior to delivery. An optimal detection rate requires fetal weight estimation close to delivery.
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- Markus Hoopmann
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Elshibly EM, Schmalisch G. Differences in anthropometric measurements between Sudanese newborn twins and singletons. Twin Res Hum Genet 2010; 13:88-95. [PMID: 20158311 DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.1.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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UNLABELLED Twin pregnancies are associated with disturbed fetal growth and a higher risk of low birthweight (LBW), which is one of the most important determinants of perinatal morbidity and mortality in Africa. In this study, we compare anthropometric measurements in Sudanese twins and their mothers with singletons. METHODS In 1000 Sudanese mothers with singleton births and 30 mothers with twins, maternal (weight, height, mid-arm circumference) and 11 newborn anthropometric measurements were taken within 24 hours of delivery. Maternal education and socio-economic status were additionally recorded. RESULTS Mothers of twins had a significantly higher body weight (p = .045) and lean body mass (p = .02) after delivery, and were from higher social classes in general (p = .014). In addition to gestational age, twins displayed a statistically significant reduction in all anthropometric data, compared to singletons, mainly in terms of birth-weight, chest and head circumference, whereas differences in triceps and subscapular skin fold thickness and ponderal index were distinctly lower. The LBW rate in twins was markedly higher than that in singletons (43.3% vs. 8.3%, p < .001). In 20 out of 30 twins (66.7%), Twin A weighed more than Twin B (difference (SD) of 443 (335) g), and in the remaining 10 cases (33.7%), the weight of Twin B was equal to or more than that of twin A (difference (SD) of 211 (240) g, p = .039). In unlike-sex pairs, the mean (SD) difference between Twins A and B in birthweight was 459 (481) g, which was distinctly higher, compared to same-sex pairs (boys, 180 (325) g and girls, 36 (413) g). CONCLUSIONS Sudanese twins displayed significantly reduced anthropometric measurements compared to singletons, but to different degrees. Gender had a higher impact on birthweight in twins than in singletons.
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- Eltahir M Elshibly
- Departments of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Khartoum, Sudan and Clinic of Neonatology (Charité-University Medicine Berlin), Germany
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