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Neonatal aspects of intrauterine growth retardation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

David I Tudehope*
Affiliation:
Mater Misericordiae Mothers Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
*
David I Tudehope, Director of Neonatology, Mater Misericordiae Mothers Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia.

Extract

The growth-retarded fetus is susceptible to intrauterine death, perinatal asphyxia and subsequently neonatal morbidity. Recent technical advances have only moderately increased the obstetrician's ability to recognize the fetus with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) prior to delivery, compared with two decades ago when less than one-third of such infants were identified before labour and delivery.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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