title: [Macrosomic infants: clinical problems at birth and afterward].
abstract: Macrosomic infants (birth weight >4000 g) show increased risk for shoulder dystocia and associated injuries, hypoglycemia and respiratory distress. Higher risk is directly related to neonatal birth weight. High birth weight is also associated with increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome later in life. However the relation between birth weight and later-life metabolic syndrome in not linear, but "U" shaped.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Sapienza-Università di Roma.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucchini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giampietro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trivelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Curtis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000378:metabolism; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk