2003
DOI: 10.1080/0144361021000043182
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Fetal macrosomia at the University College Hospital, Ibadan: a 3-year review

Abstract: The study aimed to determine the maternal characteristics and contribution to obstetric morbidity of infants presenting with fetal macrosomia at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. This was a retrospective study. Obstetric data of the mothers were extracted from the casenotes and analysed. Fetal characteristics such as sex and weight, and perinatal complication were also analysed. The maternal characteristics that were significantly different in the study and control groups were parity, term weight >/= 90… Show more

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“…Maternai and fetal characteristics showed several features already reported, like a gravidity/parity higher in LGA and lower in SGA and a newborn male gender prevalence higher in LGA [24,25 ], or even a placenta weight and placenta to newborn birth weight ratio smaJler in SGA (significant for placenta weight only in our sample collective) [26].…”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…Maternai and fetal characteristics showed several features already reported, like a gravidity/parity higher in LGA and lower in SGA and a newborn male gender prevalence higher in LGA [24,25 ], or even a placenta weight and placenta to newborn birth weight ratio smaJler in SGA (significant for placenta weight only in our sample collective) [26].…”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…Nesse aspecto, a literatura é conflitante, podendo ser encontradas citações que relacionam a idade materna à MF 13,17,20,21 e outras que não constataram tal associação 24 . Não parece haver consenso quanto à influência das faixas etárias mais elevadas no desenvolvimento da MF.…”
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“…Nos grupos de fetos macrossômicos e normossômicos, o número médio de filhos foi de 1,6±1,6 e 1,3±1,5, ainda que, também aqui, as diferenças observadas não apresentem expressão clínica. Merecem ênfase alguns estudos que correlacionaram a MF à mais alta paridade 17,18,20,24 . A prevalência do diabete melito nos grupos de fetos macrossômicos e normossômicos, independentemente do tipo identificado, foi de 6,6% (n=29) vs 1,8% (n=132), respectivamente.…”
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