Article: small for gestational age (SGA) infant

Article: Study results from Center for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics broaden understanding of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Blood Weekly;  February 19, 2009 ;     468 words ...A report, 'Gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease...to interest in the association between gestational age and health in adulthood. Associations between gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease...

Article: Studies from C. Ferdynus et al have provided new data on pediatrics.
Pediatrics Week;  March 7, 2009 ;     461 words ......in identifying infants as small for gestational age and at risk of adverse neonatal outcomes...without maternal diseases. Small for gestational age was defined as a birth weight below...assessed the associations of small for gestational age on the basis of the alternative ...

Article: Does one size fit all? The case for ethnic-specific standards of fetal growth.(Research article)
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;  January 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......performance [1]. Birth weight for gestational age is often used as an indirect measure...growth in utero , birth weight for gestational age is used as an overall index of fetal...birth [2]. In using birth weight for gestational age for evaluating fetal growth in individual...

Article: Preventing the complications of preterm birth.
American Family Physician;  August 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......because an accurate assessment of gestational age is not usually recorded on birth certificates...not well established. ESTABLISHING GESTATIONAL AGE Management of pregnancy with prevention...goal requires accurate assessment of gestational age. The traditional emphasis in ...

Article: Centile charts for birthweight for gestational age for Scottish singleton births.(Research article)
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......definitions however do not take into account gestational age. It is important to be able to differentiate...premature and those who are small-for-gestational age since the latter may have different...pulmonary haemorrhage [1]. Large-for-gestational age babies also have related health ...

Article: A centile chart for fetal weight for gestational ages 24-27 weeks.(Scientific Letters)(Letter to the editor)
South African Medical Journal;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in use for Western Cape birth weight for gestational age covers a gestational age range from 28 to 42 weeks. (1) Advances...The accuracy of fetal or birth weight for gestational age centile charts can be improved by including...

Article: Pupillary Membrane (a good criteria to assess gestational age of the new born).(Original Article)
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology;  January 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ......was done within 24 hours of birth. Gestational age was assessed by different criteria...the help of Detecto Scale Balance. Gestational age in weeks was determined with the help...intrauterine weight charts[1] Assessment of gestational age by physical criteria was done[2...

Article: Gestational length and maternal weight.(UPDATE)(Brief Article)
International Family Planning Perspectives;  September 1, 2005 ;     254 words ...The gestational age of a newborn may be associated...of birth. Overall, the average gestational age was 38.9 weeks; mean gestational...When the researchers superimposed gestational age by month of birth against women...

Article: Extremely Elevated Neonatal NT Pro-BNP Reference Range: Implications of Cardiac Strain
Clinical Chemistry;  June 1, 2006 ;     542 words ......correlation to delivery method, gestational age. birth weight, and gender was...72% versus Caesarian, 28%) gestational age. birth weight, gender, and appropriateness of weight for gestational age (AGA, LuA, SCiA). The central...

Article: Early, fast-paced growth benefits short-term health of underweight infants. (Digests).(Brief Article)
International Family Planning Perspectives;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......babies who are born small for their gestational age. According to data from a cohort of...birth weight was appropriate for their gestational age. The data come from a population-based...of gestation, weight, and size for gestational age) and on maternal characteristics...

Article: Ultrasonographic dating for Down syndrome screening.(Tips from Other Journals)
American Family Physician;  February 15, 1998 ;     571 words ......substantial variation depending on the gestational age of the fetus at the time screening...identification, ultrasonographic evaluation of gestational age by biparietal diameter measurement...conducted a study to determine whether gestational age should be based on ultrasonographic...

Article: Circulating Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone mRNA in Maternal Plasma: Relationship with Gestational Age and Severity of Preeclampsia
Clinical Chemistry;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......compared with controls matched for gestational age (1-5). Fetal and total DNA concentrations...to be directly correlated to both gestational age and to the severity of PE (6). Again...demonstration of relationships with gestational age and/or severity of PE have been reported...

Article: Research from University Hospital has provided new information about diaphragmatic hernia.(Report)
Women's Health Weekly;  January 15, 2009 ;     580 words ......based on an algorithm using either the gestational age or fetal body volume (FBV), for neonatal...lung volume (TFLV) x 100) either for gestational age or for FBV. Measurements of FBV were...survival of either o/e TFLV based on gestational age or based on FBV, gestation at delivery...

Article: Researchers from Catholic University, Medical Department report on findings in life sciences.
Biotech Week;  August 6, 2008 ;     314 words ......combined effect of birthweight and gestational age at birth on neonatal mortality using...interactive effect of birthweight and gestational age on the individual probability of neonatal...Odds ratio models for birthweight and gestational age were developed for each sex. The ...