Background With the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, there is an urgent need to understand the effect of cannabis use in pregnancy. Our population-based study investigated the effects of prenatal cannabis use on maternal and newborn outcomes ...
Sabrina Luke +10 more
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ObjectivesWe aimed to identify the weight gain patterns of small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants in early life and to explore the predictive value for later overweight/obesity in childhood.MethodsWe obtained data from a prospective cohort including ...
Ping Li +13 more
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OBJECTIVE Birth weight is a function of gestational age. Various maternal and infant characteristics also affect birth weight. This study sought to adjust for these factors to better define abnormal growth.
Sciscione, Gorman, Callan
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Postdischarge growth assessment in very low birth weight infants [PDF]
PurposeThe goal of nutritional support for very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants from birth to term is to match the in utero growth rates; however, this is rarely achieved.MethodsWe evaluated postdischarge growth patterns and growth failure in 81 Korean ...
Joon-Sik Park +7 more
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Efficacy and safety of growth hormone treatment for children born small for gestational age [PDF]
Recombinant growth hormone (GH) is an effective treatment for short children who are born small for gestational age (SGA). Short children born SGA who fail to demonstrate catch-up growth by 2-4 years of age are candidates for GH treatment initiated to ...
Il Tae Hwang
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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P. +2 more
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NEUROCOMPORTAMENTO DE BEBÊS NASCIDOS PRÉ-TERMO, PEQUENOS E ADEQUADOS PARA A IDADE GESTACIONAL
RESUMO Objetivo: Comparar o desenvolvimento neurocomportamental de bebês pré-termo com idade pós-concepcional entre 32 e 36 semanas e 6 dias, de acordo com a adequação do peso para a idade gestacional ao nascer.
Inalu Barbosa da Silva +4 more
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Crying and feeding problems in infancy and cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk : a prospective population study [PDF]
Objective: To investigate whether regulatory problems, i.e., crying and feeding problems in infants > 3 months of age, predict cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk even when controlled for confounding factors.
Alvarez +126 more
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Fetal Doppler to predict cesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal status in the severe small-for-gestational-age fetuses of late preterm and term [PDF]
ObjectiveTo evaluate the significance of fetal Doppler parameters in predicting adverse neonatal outcomes and the risk of cesarean delivery due to non-reassuring fetal status, in severe small for gestational age (SGA) fetuses of late preterm and term ...
Ji Hye Jo +5 more
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The effects of socioeconomic status and indices of physical environment on reduced birth weight and preterm births in Eastern Massachusetts [PDF]
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
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