Nicole Gardner-Neblett
Becoming fictional storytellers: African American children's oral narrative development in early elementary school
Child development
available data regarding morbidity mortality associated multiple gestation births conflicting contradicting compare morbidity mortality length stay los outcomes multiple gestation twin triplet higherorder singleton births data national multicenter kids inpatient database healthcare cost utilization project years 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2016 analyzed using complex survey design using statistical analysis system sas 94 sas institute cary nc neonates icd9 icd10 codes indicating singletons twins triplets higherorder multiples included mortality compared groups excluding transfer outs avoid duplicate inclusion analyze los included inborn neonates excluded transfers died inpatient neonates appear discharged less 33 weeks pma los compared gestational age groups total 22853125 neonates analyzed mortality applying inclusionexclusion criteria 296 twins 013 triplets total 22690082 neonates analyzed los mean ga expressed mean sd singleton twins triplets 3830 221 3639 421 3272 414 respectively adjusted odds mortality similar twin births compared singleton aor 1004 95 ci09601051 p 08521 adjusted odds mortality triplet higherorder gestation births higher aor 133 95 ci 11281575 p 00008 compared singleton births median los days significantly longer multiple gestation compared singleton births overall singletons 159 113 219 vs twins 329 217 959 vs triplets higherorder multiples 1915 880 3638 p 0001 difference remained significant within ga category multiple gestation births higher mortality longer los compared singleton births population data multiple centers across country could useful counseling parents caring multiple gestation pregnancies