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Section I Recommendations
Pages 84-86

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... • Perinatal mortality and morbidity should be reported by gestational age, birth weight, and birth weight for gestational age. • A categorization or coding scheme that reflects the heterogeneous etiologies of preterm birth should be developed and implemented.
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... 85 SECTION I RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation I-2: Encourage the use of ultrasound early in pregnancy to establish gestational age. Because it is recognized that more precise measures of gestational age are needed to move the field forward, professional societies should encourage the use of ultrasound early in pregnancy (less than 20 weeks of gestation)
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