Fetal growth restriction is not an outcome or complication of inaduequate weight gain during the pregnancy. What is the source of this piece of info?
- In Amboss: "Fetal outcomes: higher risk of preterm birth and small size for gestational age"
- Boards and beyond step 2: "Below average weight gain associated with increased risk • Lower birth weight • Small for gestational age baby • Preterm delivery"
- UWorld step 2ck (Question Id: 18678) "This depleted state increases the risk for pregnancy-related complications, including preterm delivery (which occurs when patients can no longer shunt enough nutrients to support the fetus) and low birth weight (ie, small for gestational age infant)."
uworld 18795 - includes "maternal malnutrition" as an etiology for asymmetric fetal growth restriction in their table right after uteroplacental insufficiency. down thinks it's a stretch to say malnutrition is basically the same as poor weight gain so this card is correct as is