Search for dissertations about: "large for gestational age"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the words large for gestational age.
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1. Being Born Large for Gestational Age : Metabolic and Epidemiological Studies
Abstract : Obesity is a major health problem in the Western world. Mean birth weight has increased during the last 25 years. One explanation is that the proportion of large for gestational age (LGA) infants has increased. Such infants risk developing obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life. READ MORE
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2. Risk factors and adverse pregnancy outcomes in small-for-gestational-age births
Abstract : The studies were undertaken to evaluate risk factors and outcomes in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births, in cohort studies using the population-based Swedish Birth, Twin and Education Registers. A cohort study of pregnant women from Uppsala County evaluated the effect on birthweight by caffeine. READ MORE
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3. Informative Fetal Blood: Umbilical Cord Blood Analytes to Predict Neonatal Problems and Diseases Occurring Later in Life
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4. Ultrasound prediction of large fetuses. Epidemiological and clinical investigations
Abstract : The proportions of newborns with a birth weight (BW) >4,000 g and of macrosomic newborns (BW >4,500 g) have increased during the last two decades, parallel with an increasing maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and age at the time for pregnancy. Delivery of a large fetus, especially >4,500 g might cause perinatal complications for both the mother and her child. READ MORE
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5. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Diagnostic Implications During Pregnancy and Follow-Up
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