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.

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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Ogbutor C, Mishaw SM, Mulla ZD. Mediation Analysis of Maternal Smoking, Gestational Age, and Birth Weight on the Texas-Mexico Border. South Med J. 2023 06; 116(6):478-481.

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Brumbaugh JE, Vohr BR, Bell EF, Bann CM, Travers CP, McGowan EC, Harmon HM, Carlo WA, Duncan AF, Hintz SR. Early-Life Outcomes in Relation to Social Determinants of Health for Children Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr. 2023 08; 259:113443.

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Kardum D, Bell EF, Grcic BF, M?ller A. Duration of skin-to-skin care and rectal temperatures in late preterm and term infants. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Aug 20; 22(1):655.

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Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Hansen NI, Wyckoff MH, Walsh MC, S?nchez PJ, Rysavy MA, Gabrio JH, Archer SW, Das A, Higgins RD. Contributions of the NICHD neonatal research network's generic database to documenting and advancing the outcomes of extremely preterm infants. Semin Perinatol. 2022 11; 46(7):151635.

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Ibrahimou B, Sun N, Burchfield S, Shrestha P, Veitzman F, Bursac Z, Salihu H, Dagne G, Gasana J, Guilarte TR. Race as a moderator of the association between ethnicity, preeclampsia and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. World J Pediatr. 2022 08; 18(8):568-573.

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