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Chapter 9 - Fetal Growth Restriction

from Section 1 - Obstetric Aspects of Antenatal Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Amira El-Messidi ,
Juliana Martins  and
Alfred Abuhamad
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

A 29-year-old G2P1 at seven weeks’ gestation is referred to your tertiary center for consultation and prenatal care. Obstetric history is significant for fetal growth restriction (FGR) requiring preterm delivery at 33 weeks’ gestation. Her son’s birthweight was 1400 g. The patient’s prenatal care and delivery were at another center, and her medical chart is unavailable at the time of initial consultation.

Keywords

Early fetal growth restrictionDefinitionRisk factorsCounsellingManagementFetal Doppler, arterial and venousMaternal serum analytesFetal risksFetal pulmonary corticosteroidsMagnesium sulfate neuroprotectionDelivery timingMode of deliveryNeonatal metabolic derangementsOffspring long-term morbiditiesOrgan-system pathophysiologyBreus’ moleBarker hypothesis
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 109 - 126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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