In the United States, a graduate from an accredited PA program must pass the NCCPA-administered Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam before becoming a PA-C; this certification is required for licensure in all states.
Small for gestational age (SGA) babies are those whose birth weight lies below the 10th percentile for that gestational age. Low birth weight (LBW), is sometimes used to define a baby that weighs less than 5 lb 8 oz (2500 g) regardless of gestational age.
As an example, as many as 70. percent of fetuses who weigh below the 10th percentile for gestational age are small simply. because of constitutional factors such as female sex or maternal ethnicity, parity, or body mass. index; they are not at high risk of perinatal mortality or morbidity [1].