LGA

Question 1

What is considered a LGA infant?

Answer 1

birth weight above the 90th percentile

Question 2

What is the average weight for a LGA infant?

Answer 2

over 4000 grams (8lbs and 13 oz)

Question 3

LGA infants are usually ___ _____, but may also be _______ or ________

Answer 3

full term, preterm or postterm

Question 4

What are the causes of a LGA infant?

Answer 4

1. overproduction of growth hormone in utero
2. previous macrosomic newborn
3. multiparous women
4. large parents
5. transposition of great vessels
6. Beckwith syndrome
7. congenital anomalies such as omphalocele