Fetal growth and well-being.
Accurate monitoring of fetal growth is one of the most critically important components of prenatal care. Whether too large or too small for gestational age, the ramifications of abnormal fetal growth have both short-term and long-term sequelae for early neonatal life and beyond. Although not perfectly accurate, ultrasound and other monitoring technologies have markedly improved the ability to follow abnormalities of fetal growth and to decide if early intervention or early delivery is necessary. Clearly, perinatal morbidity and mortality are decreased with close surveillance of these at-risk fetuses.
Lerner
Jodi P
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH-16, New York, NY 10031, USA. jpl1@columbia.edu
D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D015148:Cardiotocography; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal