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Intrauterine growth restriction

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2006
This study reviewed the screening, diagnosis, prophylaxis, and treatment of intrauterine growth restriction using the PubMed database for key words and the Cochrane database for systematic reviews. Identification of risk factors and measurement of symphysis-fundus height are currently the screening standards.
K, Haram, E, Søfteland, R, Bukowski
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2002
Fetal intrauterine growth restriction presents a complex management problem for the clinician. The failure of a fetus to achieve its growth potential imparts a significantly increased risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Consequently, the obstetrician must recognize and accurately diagnose inadequate fetal growth and attempt to determine its ...
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Angiogenesis and intrauterine growth restriction

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2000
Human placental development involves co-ordinated angiogenesis and trophoblast outgrowth that are compromised in intrauterine growth restriction. Adaptive angiogenesis in IUGR placental villi is a result of an imbalance in the orderly progression of the expression profile of vascular endothelial growth factor, placenta growth factor and angiopoietin ...
A, Ahmed, J, Perkins
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction

2010
Abstract Recent data shows that 30 million low-birth-weight (LBW) infants are born annually worldwide (23.8% of all births). Although the global prevalence of such births is gradually decreasing, rates are still as high as 30% in many developing countries (World Health Organization 2008).
Yuranga Weerakkody, Max Stephens, Arlene Campos   +2 more
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Magnesium and Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2005
The presence of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), could potentially lead to imbalances of Mg homeostasis, which have not yet been fully clarified.To describe, in term newborn (NB) without IUGR, ionized magnesium (iMg) and total magnesium (TMg) concentrations in umbilical cord blood, on the third and seventh days of life and to compare these ...
Naila O E, Barbosa, Thelma S, Okay, Cléa R, Leone   +2 more
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Echocardiography in Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997
Advances in fetal cardiac ultrasound have provided evidence of the natural history of the fetal cardiac response to many different stresses. Fetal echocardiography lends particular insight into the diverse etiologies of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
J, Rasanen, R H, Debbs, J C, Huhta
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2019
Abstract This chapter reviews isolated and syndromic intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or small for gestational age infants. The differential diagnosis of intrauterine growth restriction includes placental, maternal, and fetal causes.
Kalpashri Kesavan, Sherin U. Devaskar
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Causes Of Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Clinics in Perinatology, 1995
IUGR is a relatively common problem and a potential cause of significant perinatal morbidity and mortality. There are many possible causes of IUGR, and some cases may involve more than one (Table 1). Although an underlying cause may not always be identifiable, it it important to consider all of these factors because identification of the underlying ...
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction

NeoReviews, 2001
After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. List the most common identifiable cause of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). 2. List maternal conditions that can cause both IUGR and preterm delivery. 3. Characterize the effects of IUGR on fetal water, mineral, nitrogen, protein, glycogen, adipose tissue, total energy balance ...
William W. Hay, Patti J. Thureen, Marianne S. Anderson   +2 more
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction

2015
A Small for Gestational Age (SGA) foetus is one that is below the tenth percentile for age of gestation, as measured by weight or abdominal circumference (using ultrasound). A severe SGA foetus is below the 3rd percentile.
Gab Kovacs, Paula Briggs
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