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THE MACROSOMIC INFANT: A HIGH‐RISK COMPLICATION
Author(s) -
Svigos J. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135515.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , obstetrics and gynaecology , obstetrics , complication , pediatrics , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology
A retrospective analysis was made of 110 macrosomic infants in an effort to detect predictive factors which may influence the management of labour and delivery of such infants. Clinical suspicion of a macrosomic infant by the obstetrician was the most constant predictive factor antenatally. Measures to reduce the increased maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in the delivery of such infants are discussed.