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PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 6 June 2003, pp. 1430-1431

COMMENTARY

The Assessment of Newborn Size

Ira M. Bernstein, MD

Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401-1435

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It has been clear for some time that small newborns are members of 1 of 2 groups: those born too early and those who are small for their age. This distinction was formalized by the designations assigned by the World Health Organization; specifically, "premature and light for dates" as the 2 diagnoses for small newborns.1,2 For the most part, we have sought to segregate these 2 etiologies for smallness and have come to recognize distinct patterns of morbidity and mortality that attend them.

In this month’s issue of Pediatrics, Zaw et al3 have shown that our assessment of the contribution of poor fetal growth to newborn . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Address correspondence to Ira M. Bernstein, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burgess 217, Fletcher Allen Health Care, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401-1435. E-mail: ibernste@zoo.uvm.edu




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