small for gestational age
SGA

There are two ways to determine small for gestational age infants.

One third of babies born with a low birth weight are also small for gestational age.

The newborn is often small for gestational age.

Small for gestational age babies can be classified as having symmetrical or asymmetrical growth restriction.

The infant may be born underweight (small for gestational age) due to stress from this condition before birth.

Children born small for gestational age.

Mate drinking during pregnancy and risk of preterm and small for gestational age birth.

The insulin deficiency results in intrauterine growth retardation with birth weight small for gestational age.

One third of low-birth-weight neonates - infants weighing less than 2500g - are small for gestational age.

Children short because of intrauterine growth retardation are small for gestational age at birth for a variety of reasons.

For example, in children born small for gestational age who remain short after birth, the bone age is a poor predictor of adult height.

Zinc supplementation in infants born small for gestational age reduces mortality: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Prenatal onset may be presented with non-specific signs such as low Apgar scores and small for gestational age.

There was no association of paternal age with preterm births or with small for gestational age births.

Often small for gestational age (SGA) at birth (birth weight less than 2.8 kg)

"Small For Gestational Age (SGA)" 16 May 2007.

Other studies have indicated that breast feeding may be particularly important for children born Small for Gestational Age (SGA).

This can in turn lead to complications like early-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and small for gestational age infants (SGA).

The term IUGR is not synonymous with Small for Gestational Age (SGA).

Perinatal mortality (stillbirths plus death in infancy) is between 73 and 119 per 1000 babies of HELLP patients, while up to 40% are small for gestational age.

Among children without growth hormone deficiency, short stature may be caused by Turner syndrome, chronic renal insufficiency, being small for gestational age at birth, Prader-Willi syndrome, or other conditions.

Meta-analyses and pooled analyses of these studies have demonstrated consistent associations for bladder cancer and for babies being born small for gestational age, but not for congenital anomalies (birth defects).

Infants of women with severe hyperemesis who gain less than 7 kg (15.4 lb) during pregnancy tend to be of lower birth weight, small for gestational age, and born before 37 weeks gestation.

The term "small for gestational age", or SGA, means a fetus or infant is smaller in size than is expected for the baby's gender, genetic heritage, and gestational age.

Being small for gestational age can be constitutional, that is, without an underlying pathological cause, or it can be secondary to intrauterine growth restriction, which, in turn, can be secondary to many possible factors.