Nawsherwan, Ghulam Nabi, Xiang-Yu Meng, Yawen Xu, Zhuanhong Yang, Dao Li, Hui Li, Cuifang Fan and Suqing Wang
Wuhan University, China
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Toxicology-Hubei Provincial Academy for Preventive Medicine, China
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care
Introduction & Aim: A hospital based retrospective study was conducted to determine the relationship of
maternal factors and obstetric complications with term singleton vs. term twin neonatal outcomes in Renmin
Hospital, Wuhan University, Hubei, China during 2013- 2017.
Method: A total of 7956 neonatal births were recorded and were further divided into singleton (n=7787) and
twins (n=169) birth. All the data was collected and documented in the obstetrics register by trained nurses
during individual check-ups in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department. Birth weight and birth length
were measured immediately after birth.
Results: Women with singleton gestation have increased rate of obstetric complications when compared to
women with twin gestation. However, higher frequency of cesarean section and breech were found in twin
gestation compared to singleton gestation. Weight before pregnancy, gestational weight gain and gestational
diabetes mellitus were significantly positive (p<0.05) associated with singleton neonatal birth length and
weight. In contrast, pre-eclampsia, placenta previa, oligohydramnios, premature rupture of membrane,
breech and multiparity had significantly negative (p<0.05) association with singleton neonatal birth length
and weight. Maternal age was significantly positive (p<0.05) associated with only singleton neonatal birth
weight. Moreover, nuchal cord was significantly positive (p<0.05) associated with neonatal birth length.
On the other hand, maternal age and multiparity was significantly positive (p<0.05) associated with twins
neonatal birth length and weight. Furthermore, gestational weight gain was significantly positive (p<0.05)
associated with only twins neonatal birth weight.
Conclusion: It is concluded that in term gestation, maternal factors and obstetric complications was
significantly associated with singleton birth weight and length. However, only maternal factors were
significantly associated with twin neonatal birth weight and length rather than obstetric complications in
term gestation. Furthermore, increased rate of obstetrical complications have found in women with singleton
gestation compared to twin gestation.
E-mail: swang2099@whu.edu.cn
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