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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Proposal to expand the concept of intrauterine growth retardation/restriction and separate five types of IUGR using the "MDN method"

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Péter Berkő 1, *, Kálmán Joubert 2 and Annamária Zsákai 3

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County and University Teaching Hospital, Miskolc, Hungary.
2 HCSO Demographic Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
3 Department of Anthropology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(03), 1075-1083
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1833
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1833
 
Received on 31 July 2023; revised on 19 September 2023; accepted on 21 September 2023
 
The authors of the study developed a new methodology to examine the physical development of neonates, which simultaneous takes into account the maturity (gestational age), development (weight and length standard positions) and nutritional status (the correlation between weight and length standard positions) of a newborn child. The foundation of this method is a matrix which consists eight horizontal rows of weight standard percentile zones and eight columns made up by the rows of the length standard percentile zones rotated 90 degrees vertically. These form a 64-cell MDN percentile matrix, in which the total data of 1,244,918 Hungarian neonates was added, and the stillbirth + infant mortality (SB+IM) rates of each cell were calculated. Based on the results of this process, five distinctive types of IUGR was identified. Based on the results, five characteristically distinct IUGR types were identified: 1/. weight restricted, 2/. length restricted, 3/. weight and length restricted, 4/. overnourished – length restricted and 5/. undernourished – weight restricted. The various occurrence rates and mortality risks of each IUGR type were also calculated. Using this methodology, the screening processes for IUGR during pregnancy and after delivery were also developed.
 
Intrauterine Growth Restriction; IUGR Types; Stillbirth; Infant Mortality
 
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Péter Berkő, Kálmán Joubert and Annamária Zsákai. Proposal to expand the concept of intrauterine growth retardation/restriction and separate five types of IUGR using the "MDN method". World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(3), 1075-1083. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1833

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