Yield and Associated Costs for Screening Infants with Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) for TORCH Infections

IUGR - Intrauterine growth retardation MeHg - Methyl Mercury MRT – Mean

Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) including Russell Silver Syndrome A Guide for Parents and Patients

Early physiological development of infants with intrauterine growth retardation.

OBJECTIVES To assess the patterns of early postnatal physiological adaptation and maturation in intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) infants by measuring changes in sleeping deep body temperature, heart rate, and concentrations of urinary cortisol. SETTING At home. PATIENTS Sixty five IUGR babies and 127 controls matched for sex, social class, and levels of parental smoking. RESULTS Night ...

Dichorionic twins discordant for intrauterine growth retardation.

A policy of expectant management until 32 weeks of gestation in 29 dichorionic pregnancies discordant for growth retardation resulted in an overall mortality of 24% (95% CI 13.9-37.2%) and a handicap of 2.2% (95% CI 0-12.0%). None of the normally grown co-twins died or was handicapped as a result of iatrogenic prematurity.

Intrauterine growth retardation.

The recognition that some low birthweight babies (<2500 g) were the victims of intrauterine growth retardation rather than premature birth was a milestone in perinatal medicine.'3 Up to 10% of all liveborn babies and at least 30% of those of low birth weight suffer from intrauterine growth retardation; their perinatal mortality is four to 10 times higher than that of normally grown babies-both ...