Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period.
Summary: Transfontanelle ultrasound (US) was performed on 28 babies consisting of 14 twin pairs, to detect any intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). The mean birthweight (BW) of the babies was 1246 + 263gm (range 650 - 1700gm), while the mean gestational age was 31 +0.8 weeks (range 30-32 weeks). The mean...
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| description | Summary: Transfontanelle ultrasound (US) was performed on 28 babies consisting of 14 twin pairs, to detect any intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). The mean birthweight (BW) of the babies was 1246 + 263gm (range 650 - 1700gm), while the mean gestational age was 31 +0.8 weeks (range 30-32 weeks). The mean age of the babies at the time of scan was 8 + 3 days (range 2-13 days). There was no significant difference (P>0.05) between the mean BW (1243+ 253gm (range 750 - 1700gm) of the first-born twins (group A) and that of the second-born twins (group B) (1250 + 282gm (range 650-1700gm). Intracranial hemorrhage was present in 7.1 percent of the group A twins and in 21.3 percent of the group B twins. These results show that BW alone was unlikely to make twin B babies more liable to ICH than twin A ones; the results also reinforce the proposition that the wellbeing of the second twin can be improved by skilful and properly co-ordinated management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5bd2d73e1c694d499b1f6f93ba0490162025-08-20T01:54:30ZengPaediatric Association of NigeriaNigerian Journal of Paediatrics0302-46602814-29852024-06-012336266Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. Nzeh DÁ Ajayi OASummary: Transfontanelle ultrasound (US) was performed on 28 babies consisting of 14 twin pairs, to detect any intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). The mean birthweight (BW) of the babies was 1246 + 263gm (range 650 - 1700gm), while the mean gestational age was 31 +0.8 weeks (range 30-32 weeks). The mean age of the babies at the time of scan was 8 + 3 days (range 2-13 days). There was no significant difference (P>0.05) between the mean BW (1243+ 253gm (range 750 - 1700gm) of the first-born twins (group A) and that of the second-born twins (group B) (1250 + 282gm (range 650-1700gm). Intracranial hemorrhage was present in 7.1 percent of the group A twins and in 21.3 percent of the group B twins. These results show that BW alone was unlikely to make twin B babies more liable to ICH than twin A ones; the results also reinforce the proposition that the wellbeing of the second twin can be improved by skilful and properly co-ordinated management. https://www.njpaediatrics.com/index.php/njp/article/view/773 |
| spellingShingle | Nzeh DÁ Ajayi OA Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics |
| title | Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. |
| title_full | Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. |
| title_fullStr | Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. |
| title_short | Birth Order and Intracranial Haemorrhage among Twin pairs in the Neonatal period. |
| title_sort | birth order and intracranial haemorrhage among twin pairs in the neonatal period |
| url | https://www.njpaediatrics.com/index.php/njp/article/view/773 |
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