Gestational Age

"Gestational Age" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated as the time from the last day of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization.

Descriptor ID	D005865
MeSH Number(s)	G07.345.500.325.235.968 G08.686.320
Concept/Terms	Gestational Age Gestational Age Age, Gestational Ages, Gestational Gestational Ages Maturity, Chronologic Fetal Chronologic Fetal Maturity Fetal Maturity, Chronologic Fetal Age Age, Fetal Ages, Fetal Fetal Ages

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gestational Age".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Morphogenesis [G07.345.500]
Embryonic and Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325]
Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325.235]
Gestational Age [G07.345.500.325.235.968]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Gestational Age [G08.686.320]

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Bar chart showing 154 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	4	4
1998	1	4	5
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	3	3
2003	0	3	3
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	6	6
2006	0	4	4
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	1	9	10
2011	0	3	3
2012	2	8	10
2013	1	4	5
2014	1	7	8
2015	1	10	11
2016	1	4	5
2017	2	5	7
2018	0	14	14
2019	1	6	7
2020	2	8	10
2021	1	9	10
2022	0	6	6
2023	0	4	4
2024	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.

LoRe D, Groden CM, Schuh AR, Holmes C, Ostilla L, Vogel MM, Murray PD, Yamasato K, Tonismae T, Anani UE, Henner N, Famuyide M, Leuthner SR, Laventhal N, Andrews BL, Tucker Edmonds BM, Brennan KG, Feltman DM. Variability of Care Practices for Extremely Early Deliveries. Pediatrics. 2024 Sep 01; 154(3).

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Dethier D, Soon R, Ronquillo T, Wong Z, Tschann M. Comparison of medication abortion outcomes at less than and greater than 6 weeks gestation. Contraception. 2024 Dec; 140:110691.

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Salas AA, Carlo WA, Bann CM, Bell EF, Colaizy TT, Younge N, Peralta M, Ambalavanan N, Poindexter BB. Risk Assessment of Cognitive Impairment at 2?Years of Age in Infants Born Extremely Preterm Using the INTERGROWTH-21st Growth Standards. J Pediatr. 2024 Dec; 275:114239.

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Govindan RB, Andescavage NN, Basu S, Murnick J, Ngwa J, Galla JT, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, du Plessis A. Circadian rhythm development in preterm infants. The role of postnatal versus postmenstrual age. Early Hum Dev. 2024 Sep; 196:106084.

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Kerestes C, Tschann M, Pearlman Shapiro M, Berry E, Gawron L, Soon R, Kaneshiro B. Self-Determination of Eligibility for Medication Abortion Without Ultrasonography Using a History-Based Tool: LMP-SURE. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Oct 01; 144(4):457-463.

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Mostek AMB, Bell EF, Feldman HA, Josephson CD, Georgieff MK, Nopoulos P, Patel RM, Stowell SR, Sola-Visner M, Conrad AL. Sex differences in the association of pretransfusion haemoglobin and cognition in preterm infants. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jun 08; 8(1).

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Chawla S, Laptook AR, Smith EA, Tan S, Natarajan G, Wyckoff MH, Greenberg RG, Ambalavanan N, Bell EF, Van Meurs KP, Hintz SR, Vohr BR, Werner EF, Das A, Shankaran S. Association of maternal pre-pregnancy or first trimester body mass index with neurodevelopmental impairment or death in extremely low gestational age neonates. J Perinatol. 2024 Jun; 44(6):802-810.

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Shukla VV, Carper BA, Ambalavanan N, Rysavy MA, Bell EF, Das A, Patel RM, D'Angio CT, Watterberg KL, Cotten CM, Merhar SL, Wyckoff MH, S?nchez PJ, Kumbhat N, Carlo WA. Social distancing and extremely preterm births in the initial COVID-19 pandemic period. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul; 44(7):1050-1057.

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Chock VY, Kirpalani H, Bell EF, Tan S, Hintz SR, Ball MB, Smith E, Das A, Loggins YC, Sood BG, Chalak LF, Wyckoff MH, Kicklighter SD, Kennedy KA, Patel RM, Carlo WA, Johnson KJ, Watterberg KL, S?nchez PJ, Laptook AR, Seabrook RB, Cotten CM, Mancini T, Sokol GM, Ohls RK, Hibbs AM, Poindexter BB, Reynolds AM, DeMauro SB, Chawla S, Baserga M, Walsh MC, Higgins RD, Van Meurs KP. Tissue Oxygenation Changes After Transfusion and Outcomes in Preterm Infants: A Secondary Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study of the Transfusion of Prematures Randomized Clinical Trial (TOP NIRS). JAMA Netw Open. 2023 09 05; 6(9):e2334889.

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Bahr TM, Tan S, Smith E, Beauman SS, Schibler KR, Grisby CA, Lowe JR, Bell EF, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Carlton DP, Rau C, Baserga MC, Flibotte J, Zaterka-Baxter K, Walsh MC, Das A, Christensen RD, Ohls RK. Serum ferritin values in neonates <29 weeks' gestation are highly variable and do not correlate with reticulocyte hemoglobin content. J Perinatol. 2023 11; 43(11):1368-1373.

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