Fetal Growth Disorders (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)

Ahmet A. Baschat; Viola Seravalli

Chapter 10 - Fetal Growth Disorders (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)

from Section 3 - Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2017

Ahmet A. Baschat and

Edited by

Bernard Gonik and

David James: Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Philip Steer: Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Carl Weiner: Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Bernard Gonik: Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit
Stephen Robson: Affiliation:
University of Newcastle

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Disturbance of normal fetal growth can result in abnormal weight, body mass, or body proportion at birth. The two principal fetal growth disorders are fetal growth restriction (FGR) (also known as intrauterine growth restriction, IUGR) and macrosomia, both of which are associated with increased perinatal mortality and short- and long-term morbidity. Perinatal detection of fetal growth disorders has evolved dramatically since the late 1960s, when fetal growth was defined by birth weight before antenatal ultrasound assessment of fetal growth was clinically available. The absolute birth weight was classified as either macrosomia (> 4000 g), low birth weight, very low birth weight, or extremely low birth weight (< 2500 g, < 1500 g, and < 1000 g, respectively). The landmark observations of Lubchenco and colleagues in 1963 showed that the classification of neonates by birth-weight percentile had a significant prognostic advantage because it improved the detection of neonates with FGR and who are at increased risk for adverse health events throughout life. Neonates are now classified as very small for gestational age (< 3rd percentile), small for gestational age (< 10th percentile), appropriate for gestational age (10th–90th percentile), or large for gestational age (> 90th percentile). With the development of reference ranges for fetal measurements and the study of their growth rates with advancing gestation, it became possible to apply the concept of growth percentiles prenatally. Subsequently, it became possible to relate absolute and serial fetal measurements to their gestational age-specific percentiles in order to diagnose abnormal fetal size and growth velocity. The detection of a fetal growth disorder is further enhanced if the reference ranges for fetal biometric data and birth weight account for maternal height and race and fetal birth order and sex (growth potential). A neonate may be of normal weight but still significantly lighter than its growth potential. Growth potential percentiles are superior to conventional reference ranges for the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome.

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Chapter 10 - Fetal Growth Disorders (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)

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