aga gestational age
Abnormalities. 1  A low birth weight can be caused either by a preterm birth (low gestational age at birth) or of the infant being small for gestational age (slow prenatal growth rate), or a combination of both. 2  A very large birth weight is usually caused by the infant having been large for gestational age. Appropriate for gestational age (AGA) Gestation is the period of time between conception and birth. During this time, the baby grows and develops inside the mother's womb. If the baby's gestational age findings after birth match the calendar age, the baby is said to be appropriate for gestational age (AGA) AGA babies have lower rates of problems and death than babies that are small or large for their gestational age. From the literature it can be found that the deviation in gestational age prediction by other schemes [1] using fundal height is [+ or -]28 days and other parameters such as Abdominal Circumference, Head Circumference etc can predict with a deviation of [+ or -] 10 to [+ or -] 15 days. LGA babies have birthweights greater than the 90th percentile for their gestational age, meaning that they weigh more than 90 percent of all babies of the same gestational age. The average baby weighs about 7 pounds at birth. About 9 percent of all babies weigh more than 4,000 grams (8 pounds, 13 ounces). Rarely do babies weigh over 10 pounds. pertaining to gestation. gestational age the estimated age or stage of maturity of a conceptus. Gestational age of the newborn infant can be estimated by noting various physical characteristics that normally appear at each stage of fetal development. The initiation of pregnancy for the calculation of gestational age can be different from definitions of initiation of pregnancy in context of the abortion debate or beginning of human personhood. Birth weight. Baby weighed as appropriate for gestational age. Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth. The average birth weight in babies of European heritage is 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), though the range of normal is between 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) and 5 kilograms (11 lb) (all but 5% of newborns will fall into this range). Gestational age (or menstrual age) is a measure of the age of a pregnancy where the origin from woman's last normal menstrual period (LMP), or the corresponding age as estimated by other methods. Such methods include adding 14 days to a known duration since fertilization (as is possible in in vitro fertilization), or by obstetric ultrasonography. Current Gestational Age by EDD. Mul T, Mongelli M, Gardosi J. A comparative analysis of second-trimester ultrasound dating formulae in pregnancies conceived with artificial reproductive techniques. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. Likewise, preterm average for gestational age babies with abnormal Dopplers had significantly more complications than did preterm average for gestational age babies with normal Doppler results. Four had abnormal Doppler blood flow results, and three of these were average for gestational age fetuses.
It is the period of time between conception and birth.