AI Article Synopsis
- Macrosomic infants (those weighing over 4000 g) are at a higher risk for complications like shoulder dystocia, hypoglycemia, and respiratory distress.
- The risk of these issues increases directly with the infant's birth weight.
- There is a "U" shaped relationship between birth weight and the likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome as an adult, meaning both very low and very high birth weights are associated with increased risk.
Article Abstract
Macrosomic infants (birth weight >4000 g) show increased risk for shoulder dystocia and associated injuries, hypoglycemia and respiratory distress. Higher risk is directly related to neonatal birth weight. High birth weight is also associated with increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome later in life. However the relation between birth weight and later-life metabolic syndrome in not linear, but "U" shaped.
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