Letter to the Editor Comment on: Arnold Schwarzenegger or Danny DeVito? The fate of twins with necrotizing enterocolitis in the NICU
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This letter discusses a large study examining necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) risk in twins and multiples admitted to NICUs. While multiple pregnancies show lower overall NEC rates than singletons, when one twin develops NEC, the sibling's risk increases significantly to 16.4% versus 2.6% in the general NICU population.
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- Multiple pregnancy infants have lower overall NEC risk compared to singletons in NICU populations.
- If one twin develops NEC, the co-twin has 16.4% risk vs 2.6% in general NICU population (6× higher).
- Study analyzed 253,574 NICU admissions (2017-2023); 3.2% were from multiple pregnancies.
- Clinicians should heighten NEC surveillance in the unaffected twin when one sibling is diagnosed.
- Shared intrauterine/postnatal factors may explain concordant NEC risk in twin pairs.
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How to cite: GlobalCastMD. Letter to the Editor Comment on: Arnold Schwarzenegger or Danny DeVito? The fate of twins with necrotizing enterocolitis in the NICU. GlobalCastMD Medical Library. 2026-03-21. https://library.globalcastmd.com/article/11721
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