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Gestational age
Determination of gestational age is an important factor in planning appropriate care for the fetus or infant.
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Small for gestational age (SGA) is a term used to describe a baby who is smaller than the usual amount for the number of weeks of pregnancy. SGA babies usually have birthweights below the 10th percentile for babies of the same gestational age.
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An inaccurate gestational age.
A multiple pregnancy (such as twins, triplets).
A fetus with a neural tube defect.
That the fetus's intestines and other abdominal organs are being formed outside the body (called an abdominal wall defect).
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SGA: Small for gestational age. SGA infants weigh 2500 g or less at birth and are considered to have intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), given their gestational age. By contrast, an infant may weighs 2500 g or less simply because of prematurity.
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This type creates two-dimensional images that help your health care provider determine your baby's gestational age and evaluate your baby's growth and development. Most ultrasounds reveal a healthy, normal baby — or sometimes multiples.
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The most accurate way of determining the gestational age of an infant in utero is calculating from a known date of conception or using ultrasound imaging to observe development.
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Participants met these project criteria: (a) corrected gestational age > 32 weeks; (b) age since birth > 10 days; and (c) weight > 1700 g.
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Pregnancy loss at any gestational age may not be accompanied by prompt expulsion of the dead tissue. Signs of pregnancy decrease, the uterus begins shrinking to its original size, and a brownish or reddish vaginal discharge is often experienced.
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The research team looked closely at the gestational age of each child. This is the time period between the woman's last menstrual period (or her earliest ultrasound measurement) and birth, ...
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When indicated, the basic scan, performed after 16 weeks, confirms gestational age and will rule out most major anomalies.
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- Remember that premature infants' behavior matches their gestational age more closely than their calendar age.
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Infasurf (calfactant) intratracheal suspension Indication: for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants less than 29 weeks of gestational age at high risk for RDS (administered as soon as possible, ...
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Timing of the exposure to radiation relative to the gestational age of the fetus may be more critical than the actual dose of radiation delivered.
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the more premature an infant, and the smaller the birth weight, the greater the risk of complications. It must be stressed, however, that it is impossible to predict the long-term outcome for an individual baby merely on the basis of gestational age ...
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