Neonatal hypoxia of the second twin after vaginal delivery of the first twin: what matters?Footnote^*

* Presented in part at the the third European Congress on Intrapartum Care, Stockholm, Sweden, 25–27 May 2017.

References

• Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJ. Three decades of twin births in the United States, 1980–2009. NCHS Data Brief. 2012;(80):1–8.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Vayssière C, Benoist G, Blondel B, et al. Twin pregnancies: guidelines for clinical practice from the French College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF). Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2011;156(1):12–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reynolds MA, Schieve LA, Martin JA, et al. Trends in multiple births conceived using assisted reproductive technology, United States, 1997–2000. Pediatrics. 2003;111(5 Pt 2):1159–1162.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blondel B, Kaminski M. Trends in the occurrence, determinants, and consequences of multiple births. Semin Perinatol. 2002;26(4):239–249.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilcox LS, Kiely JL, Melvin CL, et al. Assisted reproductive technologies: estimates of their contribution to multiple births and newborn hospital days in the United States. Fertil Steril. 1996;65(2):361–366.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bergh T, Ericson A, Hillensjö T, et al. Deliveries and children born after in-vitro fertilisation in Sweden 1982–95: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 1999;354(9190):1579–1585.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rossi AC, Mullin PM, Chmait RH. Neonatal outcomes of twins according to birth order, presentation and mode of delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG. 2011;118(5):523–532.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chasen ST, Spiro SJ, Kalish RB, et al. Changes in fetal presentation in twin pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005;17(1):45–48.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hack KE, Derks JB, Elias SG, et al. Perinatal mortality and mode of delivery in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies ≥32 weeks of gestation: a multicentre retrospective cohort study. BJOG. 2011;118(9):1090–1097.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garabedian C, Poulain C, Duhamel A, et al. Intrapartum management of twin pregnancies: are uncomplicated monochorionic pregnancies more at risk of complications than dichorionic pregnancies? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015;94(3):301–307.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quintana E, Burgos J, Eguiguren N, et al. Influence of chorionicity in intra-partum management of twin deliveries. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013;26(4):407–411.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weisz B, Hogen L, Yinon Y, et al. Mode of delivery and neonatal outcome in uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012;25(12):2721–2724.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spurway JH. The fate and management of the second twin. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1962;83:1377–1388.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ferguson WF. Perinatal mortality in multiple gestations. A review of perinatal deaths from 1609 multiple gestations. Obstet Gynecol. 1964;23:861–870.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ware HH III. The second twin. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1971;110(6):865–873.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jouppila P, Kauppila A, Koivisto M, et al. Twin pregnancy. The role of active management during pregnancy and delivery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl. 1975;44:13–19.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rydhström H, Ingemarsson I. Interval between birth of the first and the second twin and its impact on second twin perinatal mortality. J Perinat Med. 1990;18(6):449–453.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thompson SA, Lyons TL, Makowski EL. Outcomes of twin gestations at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1973–1983. J Reprod Med. 1987;32(5):328–339.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rayburn WF, Lavin JP Jr, Miodovnik M, et al. Multiple gestation: time interval between delivery of the first and second twins. Obstet Gynecol. 1984;63(4):502–506.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chervenak FA, Johnson RE, Youcha S, et al. Intrapartum management of twin gestation. Obstet Gynecol. 1985;65(1):119–124.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blair E, Stanley F. Aetiological pathways to spastic cerebral palsy. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 1993;7(3):302–317.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• McGrail CD, Bryant DR. Intertwin time interval: how it affects the immediate neonatal outcome of the second twin. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005;192(5):1420–1422.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wood SL, St Onge R, Connors G, et al. Evaluation of the twin peak or lambda sign in determining chorionicity in multiple pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 1996;88(1):6–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boylan P. Intrapartum fetal monitoring. Baillieres Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 1987;1(1):73–95.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Piquard F, Hsiung R, Mettauer M, et al. The validity of fetal heart rate monitoring during the second stage of labor. Obstet Gynecol. 1988;72(5):746–751.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice bulletin no. 116: management of intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116(5):1232–1240.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Executive summary: neonatal encephalopathy and neurologic outcome, second edition. Report of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Task Force on Neonatal Encephalopathy. Obstet Gynecol. 2014;123(4):896–901.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith GC, Shah I, White IR, et al. Mode of delivery and the risk of delivery-related perinatal death among twins at term: a retrospective cohort study of 8073 births. BJOG. 2005;112(8):1139–1144.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith GC, Pell JP, Dobbie R. Birth order, gestational age, and risk of delivery related perinatal death in twins: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 2002;325(7371):1004.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Obstetric care consensus no. 1: safe prevention of the primary cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 2014;123(3):693–711.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Greig PC, Veille JC, Morgan T, et al. The effect of presentation and mode of delivery on neonatal outcome in the second twin. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1992;167(4 Pt 1):901–906.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hogle KL, Hutton EK, McBrien KA, et al. Cesarean delivery for twins: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;188(1):220–227.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rabinovici J, Barkai G, Reichman B, et al. Randomized management of the second nonvertex twin: vaginal delivery or cesarean section. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987;156(1):52–56.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barrett JF, Hannah ME, Hutton EK, et al. A randomized trial of planned cesarean or vaginal delivery for twin pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(14):1295–1305.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang Q, Wen SW, Chen Y, et al. Neonatal mortality and morbidity in vertex-vertex second twins according to mode of delivery and birth weight. J Perinatol. 2006;26(1):3–10.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Armson BA, O’Connell C, Persad V, et al. Determinants of perinatal mortality and serious neonatal morbidity in the second twin. Obstet Gynecol. 2006;108(3 Pt 1):556–564.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wen SW, Fung Kee Fung KFK, Oppenheimer L, et al. Neonatal mortality in second twin according to cause of death, gestational age, and mode of delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004;191(3):778–783.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rzyska E, Ajay B, Chandraharan E. Safety of vaginal delivery among dichorionic diamniotic twins over 10 years in a UK teaching hospital. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2017;136(1):98–101.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fox NS, Cohen N, Odom E, et al. Long-term outcomes of twins based on the intended mode of delivery. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017:1–6.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sadeh-Mestechkin D, Daykan Y, Bustan M, et al. Trial of vaginal delivery for twins – is it safe? a single center experience. J MaternFetal Neonatal Med. 2017:1–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ylilehto E, Palomäki O, Huhtala H, et al. Term twin birth – impact of mode of delivery on outcome. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2017;96(5):589–596.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stoknes M, Andersen GL, Elkamil AI, et al. The effects of multiple pre- and perinatal risk factors on the occurrence of cerebral palsy. A Norwegian register based study. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2012;16(1):56–63.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Keogh JM, Badawi N. The origins of cerebral palsy. Curr Opin Neurol. 2006;19(2):129–134.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blair E, Stanley F. When can cerebral palsy be prevented? The generation of causal hypotheses by multivariate analysis of a case-control study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 1993;7(3):272–301.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar