{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,6]],"date-time":"2026-04-06T10:58:59Z","timestamp":1775473139117,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Medicinski Glasnik"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Aim&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; To estimate prevalence of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm twins compared to preterm singletons.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Methods&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; This is a retrospective observational point prevalence study conducted at the level of three neonatal intensive care units. Medical records of all preterm newborns (&amp;amp;lt;37 weeks of gestation) with respiratory distress syndrome treated in a two-year period were reviewed. The birth order of twins, gestational age and mortality were analyzed.&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Results&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; Out of 809 preterm newborns, 104 (12.9%) were twins. Median gestational age at birth was 30.3 (IQR 31.4&amp;amp;ndash;34.2) weeks. Respiratory distress syndrome was diagnosed in 525 (64.9 %) preterm newborns, of which 441 singletons and 84 twins. Prevalence of respiratory distress syndrome in first-born twins was not significantly higher compared with singletons, 67.3% (35\/52) vs. 62.6 % (441\/705), respectively (p=0.06). Prevalence of respiratory distress syndrome in second-born twins was 94.2 % (49\/52), which was significantly higher compared with both singletons and first-born twins (p&amp;amp;lt;0.001). The mortality rate of preterm newborns was significantly higher in second-born twins compared with singletons and first-born twins, 15.4 % vs. 6.8 % &amp;amp;nbsp;(p&amp;amp;lt;0.001) and 15.4 % vs. 5.5% (p&amp;amp;lt;0.001), respectively.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Conclusion&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; There was a higher risk of respiratory distress syndrome and higher mortality rate in twins compared with singletons, but only in second-born twins the difference was statistically significant.&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.17392\/1638-21-02","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,24]],"date-time":"2024-07-24T07:00:27Z","timestamp":1721804427000},"page":"334-337","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence of respiratory distress syndrome in premature twins compared to premature singletons"],"prefix":"10.17392","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3745-6832","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emina","family":"Had\u017eimuratovi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neonatology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amina","family":"Selimovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Admir","family":"Had\u017eimuratovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo,"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Verica","family":"Mi\u0161anovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Velma","family":"Rebi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Sarajevo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lejla","family":"Kurtali\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, Public Health Centre, Sarajevo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"49509","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]},"container-title":["Medicinski Glasnik"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/medicinskiglasnik.ba\/article\/1902\/pdf\/download","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/medicinskiglasnik.ba\/article\/1902\/pdf\/download","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,6]],"date-time":"2026-04-06T09:45:15Z","timestamp":1775468715000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/medicinskiglasnik.ba\/article\/id\/463\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17392\/1638-21-02","archive":["Internet Archive"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1840-0132","1840-0132"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1840-0132","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1840-0132","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,1]]}}}