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. 2019 Nov 20;2019(11):CD012024. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012024.pub3

1. Reporting of fetal, neonatal and perinatal death.

Trial Fetal death (FD) Intrapartum death Stillbirth Neonatal death (NND) Perinatal death (PND) Included inDodd 2013? Decision for PND for multiples review?
Aboulghar 2012 Reported as maternal outcome. From text appears as if at least one pregnancy affected by demise of both twins Yes Cannot reliably convert maternal denominator for neonatal outcome.
Data not included
Awwad 2015 Yes Yes, as a baby outcome. N/A Include
Cetingoz 2011 No death data No PND reported N/A
Serra 2013 Fetal death reported as maternal outcome and only as a single co‐twin demise outcome. Unsure if any pregnancies where both twins died Yes, as a baby outcome Not reported. Cannot convert fetal death into a baby outcome because only reported if single twin demise likely to underestimate Yes Data not included.
Norman 2009 Reported as a maternal outcome and denominator not clear Yes No No No
Rode 2011 Yes. as maternal outcome but specifies only 1 twin affected in each of those pregnancies Yes In text Yes Yes
Wood 2012 Yes, as infant outcome N/A Yes
Awwad 2015 Yes Yes Yes, as infant outcome N/A Yes
Briery 2009 Yes No PND reported N/A
Combs 2010triplets Yes Yes Yes Yes
Combs 2011twins Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hartikainen‐Sorri 1980 Yes in text Yes Yes
Lim 2011 1 or more died during delivery after 24 wks and also any IUD before onset labour or onset delivery Reported “all live births” No, and cannot be reliably added up from data presented Yes Data not included
Rouse 2007 Yes Yes Yes, from text (not in table) No ‐ not sure why data not included Yes
Senat 2013 Yes Yes Yes Can add NND and FD (IP and IU); all Ns clear No ‐ not sure why data not included Yes.
Extrapolated from text and checked
Caritis 2009 Yes, as a maternal outcome Yes Cannot add FD and NND because FD reported as a maternal outcome No Data not included

IP: intrapartum
IU: intra‐uterine
IUD: intra‐uterine death
N/A: not applicable
wk: week