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The Prognostic Significance of Antenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Retardation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Ingemar Leijon
Ingemar Leijon
Affiliation:
University Hospital, Linköping
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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
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Supplement S1 , January 1992 , pp. 176 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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