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Caesarean delivery of twins may prevent deaths.
2002 NOV 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Second twins born at term are at higher risk of death due to complications during labor and delivery than first twins, but planned caesarean section may prevent such deaths, concludes a study in the British Medical Journal.
Researchers analyzed the births of over 4500 twins born in Scotland between 1992 and 1997 and found significantly increased risks of death during labor and neonatal death among second twins born at term. No deaths were recorded among 454 second twins delivered at term by planned cesarean section.
The absolute risk of death for second twins born at term was approximately 1 in 270 for all causes, 1 in 350 for death due to lack of oxygen (anoxia) during the birth, and 1 in 500 for anoxic death due ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Caesarean delivery of twins may prevent deaths.