Application of First Trimester Screening in the Prognostication of Small for Gestational Age [PDF]
Background: Fetal growth restriction is defined as the failure of the fetus to achieve its full growth potential. The present study aimed to investigate the application of first trimester screening in the prediction of small for gestational age (SGA ...
Reza Saeidi +2 more
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Neonatal Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials Are Affected by Clinical Conditions Occurring in Early Prematurity [PDF]
Purpose: Cortical auditory evoked potentials may serve as an early indicator of developmental problems in the auditory cortex. The aim of the study was to determine the effect on neonatal cortical auditory processing of clinical conditions occurring in ...
Bisiacchi, Patrizia +5 more
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International gestational age-specific centiles for umbilical artery Doppler indices: a longitudinal prospective cohort study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Reference values for umbilical artery Doppler indices are used clinically to assess fetal well-being. However, many studies that have produced reference charts have important methodologic limitations, and these result in significant ...
Barros, FC +12 more
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Background This study aims to explore the relationships between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG), rate of GWG during the second and third trimesters (GWGrate) and birth weight among Chinese women.
Yawen Wang +9 more
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Korean reference for full-term birth length by sex: data from the 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES-IV; 2007–2009) [PDF]
Purpose The purpose of this study was to construct reference data for birth length of full-term and preterm Korean infants by sex and to define a sex-specific birth length cut-off to identify small for gestational age (SGA).
Ji Hyun Kim +3 more
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Background In South Asia, a third of babies are born small-for-gestational age (SGA). The risk factors are well described in the literature, but many studies are in high-and-middle income countries or measure SGA on facility births only.
Elizabeth A. Hazel +9 more
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"INTERGROWTH21st vs customized fetal growth curves in the assessment of the neonatal nutritional status: a retrospective cohort study of gestational diabetes" [PDF]
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes including newborns large for gestational age, macrosomia, preeclampsia, polyhydramnios, stillbirth, and neonatal morbidity.
Castillo Lara, María +7 more
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Gestational Age Assessment with Anthropometric Parameters in Newborns
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the relationship between gestational age (GA) and neonatal anthropometric parameters, namely head circumference (HC) and crown-heel length (CHL).
Niloy Kumar Das1, +4 more
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Transgenerational transmission of small‐for‐gestational age [PDF]
ABSTRACTObjectiveTo evaluate the transgenerational transmission of small‐for‐gestational age (SGA).MethodsThis was a cohort study of a random sample of 2043 offspring delivered between 1975 and 1993 at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona. Exclusion criteria were multiple pregnancy, aneuploidy or genetic syndrome, major birth defects, severe mental ...
Francesca Crovetto +8 more
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Introduction: Zinc deficiency is very much prevalent among pregnant women in developing countries. Zinc is required to maintain normal structure and function of multiple enzymes including those that are involved in foetal growth.
Nishu Gupta +3 more
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