Large-for-gestational-age neonate
Birth weight at or above the 90th percentile on the intrauterine growth chart
Although large, neonate immature, requiring care similar to that for a preterm neonate
Also called macrosomia
Causes
Genetics
Male neonates tending to be larger than females
Neonates of large parents tending to be large
Neonates of multiparous women tending to be larger
Maternal diabetes
High maternal blood glucose levels providing a stimulus for continued insulin production by the fetus
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