Nv. Simon et al., SMALL-FOR-MENSTRUAL-AGE INFANTS - DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS DETECTED USING INDIVIDUALIZED FETAL GROWTH ASSESSMENT, Journal of clinical ultrasound, 22(1), 1994, pp. 3-10
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Acoustics
Our purpose was to study the individual fetal growth patterns of infan
ts who were born small-for-menstrual-age. Growth in the second and thi
rd trimester was assessed in 98 small-for-menstrual-age infants, using
individual fetal growth curves generated by the growth model: P = c(t
)k+s(t). Growth indices were compared with those previously reported f
or that method in infants with normal growth. The small-for-menstrual-
age infants were distributed into four growth patterns, ie, infants wi
th either normal or decreased second-trimester growth indices, who, by
the time of birth, succeed or fail in fulfilling their individual gro
wth potential. These four growth patterns appear to be associated with
different pathophysiological mechanisms and incidences of perinatal c
omplications. Individual fetal growth assessment identifies difference
s in genetically determined growth and differentiates between fetuses
who achieve their growth potential and those with growth failure who a
re at greater risk for fetal compromise. (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, I
nc.