Developmental effects of prolonged pregnancy and the postmaturity syndrome

Field, Tiffany; Dabiri, Clément; Hallock, Norma; Shuman, Henry

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(77)81266-3

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“…It is helpful in alerting physicians to a select group of infants who demonstrate intrauterine malnutrition at birth, i.e., infants with birth weights (BW) <loth percentile (1). Most reports of the long-term follow-up of intrauterine malnourished infants have limited their patient selection to the small for gestational age infant or the post term infant (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9). This report deals with the long-term mental and neurological morbidity in 33 term infants who were assessed by clinical examination alone as demonstrating intrauterine malnutrition as described by Sjostedt et al (10).…”

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The Effect of Intrauterine Malnutrition on the Term Infant

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The developmental outcome of 33 newborn infants with clinical intrauterine malnutrition at birth and 13 clinically well nourished infants from a middle to high socio-economic population have been followed from birth to 12-14 years of age. Psychometric studies revealed a lowering of the IQ score in malnourished infants compared to well nourished infants (104 +/- 15 compared to 121 +/- 13, p less than 0.05) and a need for special education (p less than 0.03). Forty-five percent of the malnourished infants' birth weights were above the 10th percentile on the Colorado Intrauterine Growth Grid. The Full Scale IQ of malnourished infants with BW greater and less than 10th percentile on the Colorado Intrauterine Growth Grid were comparable. Malnourished infants with birth weights greater than 10th percentile had lower IQ scores than well nourished infants (101 +/- 13 compared to 121 +/- 13, p less than 0.006). Thirty-nine percent of the infants with handicaps would have been missed if only infants with birth weights less than 10th percentile were considered high risk.

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The Effect of Intrauterine Malnutrition on the Term Infant

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“…Field et al, 15 discovered a series of infants in the normal newborn nursery who performed at low levels on the Brazelton Neonatal Scale. They also showed at least two of three signs of Clifford's Stage I postmaturity syndrome: "Long, thin bodies, peeling skin, and the look of an old man."…”

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A Critical Review of the Recent Literature on Postterm Pregnancy and a Look at Women's Experiences

Shearer¹,

M.D.

1985

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The incidence of postterm pregnancy varies from 2.9 to 25 per cent in recent studies. Likewise, the incidence of macrosomia, oligohydramnios, and meconium valy widely, probably because of unavoidable inclusion of term pregnancies among postterm study samples. The debate over the extent and importance of uteroplacental insufficiency is reflected in contradictoly findings regarding the "postmature" infant.Since 1978 reports on the management of postterm pregnancy agree that no improvement is made by routine termination of pregnancy at 42 weeks of gestation. Studies of cervical ripening are described. Fetal surveillance is discussed with emphasis on the recent work on fetal movement counting, the fetal biophysical profile, and antepartum cardiotocography.We.interviewed 32 women who went a mean of 18.69 days past term. Twenty-three women's own calculations agreed with their physicians'; these women delivered a mean of 15 days postterm. Eight had no fetal surveillance tests and there was one cesarean, one induction, one vacuum extraction, and one forceps delivery. Eight women reported their own dates to have been from 9-25 days closer to their actual deliveries than the dates calculated by their doctors. Six of these women had their dates changed during pregnancy based on sonograms. There were three each inductions, cesarean sections, and augmentations, as well as two epidurals and forceps deliveries, and three vaginal deliveries. (BIRTH 12:2, Summer 1985)

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“…In an excellent study comparing 40 postterm, postmature infants from the well‐baby nursery to 40 normal, matched control infants during the first year of life, Field and coworkers 12 found that the postmature babies received lower Brazelton interaction scores and motor scores at birth. At 4 months mothers rated them as “difficult” more often and they scored lower on the Denver developmental scale.…”

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Postdate pregnancy Part II. Clinical implications

Nichols

1985

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

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Developmental effects of prolonged pregnancy and the postmaturity syndrome

Cited by 31 publications

References 12 publications

The Effect of Intrauterine Malnutrition on the Term Infant

The Effect of Intrauterine Malnutrition on the Term Infant

A Critical Review of the Recent Literature on Postterm Pregnancy and a Look at Women's Experiences

Postdate pregnancy Part II. Clinical implications

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