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Neurological Condition of Large‐for‐Gestational‐Age Infants during the Newborn Period
Author(s) -
OTAMIRI G.,
FINNSTRÖM O.,
LEIJON I.,
RYDÉN G.,
SELBING A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10724.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , pediatrics , asphyxia , perinatal asphyxia , appropriate for gestational age , birth weight , gestation , obstetrics , small for gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology
. Thirty‐two large‐for‐gestational‐age (LGA) infants and 46 appropriate‐for‐gestational‐age (AGA) infants used as controls, were investigated. LGA and AGA infants did not differ regarding instrumental deliveries or asphyxia. The infants were examined on the 1st and 5th days after birth with a standardized neurological assessment. The LGA infants showed a significantly delayed neurological adaptation with fewer optimal responses on day one as compared to the AGA infants. These differences were not observed on day five. There were no neurological differences between prenatally and postnatally detected LGA infants. No significant differences were observed regarding parity on maternal complications, neonatal course, and neurological scores of the LGA infants.