A matter of size: Part 2: Evaluating the large-for-gestational-age neonate

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Lawrence, Elizabeth J ^a,b  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Brachial plexus palsy; Facial nerve injury; Gestational diabetes; Growth; Infant; Large for gestational age; Macrosomia; Neonate; Newborn; Physical assessment; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35148852689     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANC.0000286335.06047.28     Document Type: Review

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