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Proportionality of small for gestational age babies as a predictor of neonatal mortality and morbidity. 1991

M Cuttini, and I Cortinovis, and A Bossi, and U de Vonderweid

Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.

Neonatal mortality and morbidity of 2609 babies who weighed less than the fifth centile for gestational age were studied in order to evaluate the relationship between the type of intrauterine growth retardation and the short-term prognosis after birth. Of these babies, 1175 had both a birthweight and head circumference below the fifth centile ('proportionately small'); the others, whose body weight was below but head circumference above the fifth centile, were defined as 'disproportionately small'. The former group showed a consistently higher risk of death during the neonatal period. Morbidity defined by birth asphyxia, respiratory distress and neonatal infections was higher in those proportionately small babies who were delivered at term. The picture reversed for hyperbilirubinaemia, which was more frequent among disproportionately small babies. Proportionality, defined on the basis of the correspondence between birthweight and head circumference centiles, appears to be a simple and non-invasive clinical method to identify babies who are at higher risk of adverse outcome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007226	Infant Mortality	Postnatal deaths from BIRTH to 365 days after birth in a given population. Postneonatal mortality represents deaths between 28 days and 365 days after birth (as defined by National Center for Health Statistics). Neonatal mortality represents deaths from birth to 27 days after birth.	Neonatal Mortality,Mortality, Infant,Postneonatal Mortality,Infant Mortalities,Mortalities, Infant,Mortalities, Neonatal,Mortalities, Postneonatal,Mortality, Neonatal,Mortality, Postneonatal,Neonatal Mortalities,Postneonatal Mortalities
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007236	Infant, Small for Gestational Age	An infant having a birth weight lower than expected for its gestational age.
D007239	Infections	Invasion of the host organism by microorganisms or their toxins or by parasites that can cause pathological conditions or diseases.	Infection,Infection and Infestation,Infections and Infestations,Infestation and Infection,Infestations and Infections
D008297	Male		Males
D012127	Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn	A condition of the newborn marked by DYSPNEA with CYANOSIS, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.	Infantile Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001238	Asphyxia Neonatorum	Respiratory failure in the newborn. (Dorland, 27th ed)
D015994	Incidence	The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time.	Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates