The role of antenatal corticosteroids in twin pregnancies complicated by preterm birth

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• 作者：Nir Melamed ; MD ; MSc^a ; ^b ; ^{nir.melamed@sunnybrook.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Jyotsna Shah ; MD^d ; Eugene W. Yoon ; MSc^f ; Ermelinda Pelausa ; MD^g ; ^h ; Shoo K. Lee ; MBBS ; PhD^c ; ^f ; Prakesh S. Shah ; MD ; MSc^c ; ^f ; Kellie E. Murphy ; MD ; MSC^b ; ^e ; for the Canadian Neonatal Network InvestigatorsPrakesh S. Shah ; MD ; MSc (Director ; Canadian Neonatal Network ; site investigator) ; Adele Harrison ; MD ; MBChB ; Anne Synnes ; MDCM ; MHSC ; Joseph Ting ; MD ; Zenon Cieslak ; MD ; Rebecca Sherlock ; MD ; Wendy Yee ; MD ; Khalid Aziz ; MBBS ; MA ; MEd ; Jennifer Toye ; MD ; Carlos Fajardo ; MD ; Zarin Kalapesi ; MD ; Koravangattu Sankaran ; MD ; MBBS ; Sibasis Daspal ; MD ; Mary Seshia ; MBChB ; Ruben Alvaro ; MD ; Sandesh Shivananda ; MBBS ; MD ; DM ; Orlando Da Silva ; MD ; MSc ; Chuks Nwaesei ; MD ; Kyong-Soon Lee ; MD ; MSc ; Michael Dunn ; MD ; Brigitte Lemyre ; MD ; Kimberly Dow ; MD ; Ermelinda Pelausa ; MD ; Keith Barrington ; MBChB ; Christine Drolet ; MD ; Bruno Piedboeuf ; MD ; Martine Claveau ; Daniel Faucher ; MD ; Valerie Bertelle ; MD ; Edith Masse ; MD ; Roderick Canning ; MD ; Hala Makary ; MD ; Cecil Ojah ; MBBS ; Luis Monterrosa ; MD ; Akhil Deshpandey ; MBBS ; MRCPI ; Jehier Afifi ; MB BCh ; MSc ; Andrzej Kajetanowicz ; MD ; Shoo K. Lee ; MBBS ; PhD (Chairman ; Canadian Neonatal Network)
• 关键词：antenatal corticosteroids ; multifetal gestations ; multiple gestations ; steroids twins
• 刊名：American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：215
• 期：4
• 页码：482.e1-482.e9
• 全文大小：428 K

文摘

Data regarding the effects of antenatal corticosteroids in twin pregnancies are limited because of the insufficient number of women with twins enrolled in randomized controlled trials on antenatal corticosteroids. Furthermore, the interpretation of available data is limited by the fact that the interval from the administration of antenatal corticosteroids to delivery is greater than 7 days in a large proportion of twins, a factor that has been shown to affect the efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids and has not been controlled for in previous studies.

Objective

The objective of the study was to compare neonatal mortality and morbidity in preterm twins receiving a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids 1–7 days before birth to those who did not receive antenatal corticosteroids and to compare these outcome effects with those observed in singletons.

Study Design

We performed a retrospective cohort study using data collected on singleton and twin neonates born between 24^0/7 and 33^6/7 weeks’ gestational age and were admitted to tertiary neonatal units in Canada between 2010 and 2014. A comparison of neonatal outcomes between twin neonates who received a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids 1–7 days before birth (n = 1758) and those who did not receive antenatal corticosteroids (n = 758) and between singleton neonates who received a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids 1–7 days before birth (n = 4638) and those did not receive antenatal corticosteroids (n = 2312) was conducted after adjusting for gestational age, sex, hypertension, outborn status, small for gestational age, parity, and cesarean birth. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for various neonatal outcomes were calculated.

Results

Administration of a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids within 1–7 days before birth in both twins and singletons was associated with similar reduced odds of neonatal death (for twins adjusted odds ratio 0.42 [95% confidence interval, 0.24–0.76] and for singletons adjusted odds ratios, 0.38 [95% confidence interval, 0.28–0.50]; P = .7 for comparison of twins vs singletons), mechanical ventilation (for twins adjusted odds ratio, 0.47 [95% confidence interval, 0.35–0.63] and for singletons adjusted odds ratio, 0.47 [95% confidence interval, 0.41–0.55]; P = .9), respiratory distress syndrome (for twins adjusted odds ratio, 0.53 [95% confidence interval, 0.40–0.69], and for singletons adjusted odds ratio, 0.54 [95% confidence interval, 0.47–0.62]; P = .9) and severe neurological injury (for twins adjusted odds ratio, 0.50 [95% confidence interval, 0.30–0.83] and for singletons adjusted odds ratio, 0.45 [95% confidence interval, 0.34–0.59]; P = .7). Administration of a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids was not associated with a reduced odds of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, severe retinopathy of prematurity, or necrotizing enterocolitis in both twins and singletons.

Conclusion

Administration of a complete course of antenatal corticosteroids 1–7 days before birth in twin pregnancies is associated with a clinically significant decrease in neonatal mortality, short-term respiratory morbidity, and severe neurological injury that is similar in magnitude to that observed among singletons.