| Influence of elective preterm delivery on birthweight and head circumference standards. | |
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PMID: 3813633 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We calculated new birthweight and head circumference centiles for boys and girls between 24 and 42 weeks' gestation from 20,713 singleton live births at our hospital between 1978 and 1984. Among the 803 babies born at or before 34 weeks' gestation, 28% were delivered electively for fetal problems; they were considerably lighter than babies born after spontaneous preterm labour. In contrast, they showed only a small deficit in head circumference, possibly due to a brain sparing effect in growth retarded infants. Electively delivered preterm infants cause a bias in birthweight and head circumference centiles and we recommend that these babies should be excluded when these centiles are calculated. |
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Authors:
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P L Yudkin; M Aboualfa; J A Eyre; C W Redman; A R Wilkinson |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of disease in childhood Volume: 62 ISSN: 1468-2044 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Dis. Child. Publication Date: 1987 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1987-03-26 Completed Date: 1987-03-26 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372434 Medline TA: Arch Dis Child Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 24-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Birth Weight* Delivery, Obstetric* Female Gestational Age Head / anatomy & histology* Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature* Male |
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