The Prognostic Significance of Antenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Retardation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
Intrauterine growth retardation is associated with high risk of perinatal asphyxia. The neonatal mortality rate of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants (birthweight ≤ 2 SD) in Sweden decreased from 5.6% in 1973 to 2.0% in 1987. During the same period, the number SGA infants with postnatal asphyxia (5 min Apgar score <7) decreased from 10% to 5%. Based on antenatal diagnosis of fetal growth retardation, an optimal time of delivery reduces the risk of major neurological and developmental sequelae of the individual infant.
- Type
- Antenatal Screening for Intrauterine Growth Retardation
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Supplement S1 , January 1992 , pp. 176 - 181
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992
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