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AMERICAN ACADEMY of PEDIATRICS Age Terminology AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS POLICY STATEMENT Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children Committee on Fetus and Newborn Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period ABSTRACT. Consistent definitions to describe the who have menstrual cycles that are irregular or vari- length of gestation and age in neonates are needed to able in duration or if breakthrough bleeding occurs compare neurodevelopmental, medical, and growth out- around the time of conception. Gestational age is comes. The purposes of this policy statement are to re- conventionally expressed as completed weeks. view conventional definitions of age during the perinatal Therefore, a 25-week, 5-day fetus is considered a period and to recommend use of standard terminology 25-week fetus. To round the gestational age of such a including gestational age, postmenstrual age, chronolog- ical age, corrected age, adjusted age, and estimated date fetus to 26 weeks is inconsistent with national and 2 of delivery. Pediatrics 2004;114:1362–1364; gestational international norms. The term “gestational age” age, postmenstrual age, chronological age, menstrual age, should be used instead of “menstrual age” to de- conceptional age, postconceptual age, corrected age, ad- scribe the age of the fetus or newborn infant. justed age, estimated date of delivery, estimated date of “Chronological age” (or “postnatal” age) is the confinement. time elapsed after birth (Fig 1). It is usually described in days, weeks, months, and/or years. This is differ- INTRODUCTION ent from the term “postmenstrual age.” Postmen- onsistent definitions to describe the length of strual age is the time elapsed between the first day of gestation and age in neonates are needed to the last menstrual period and birth (gestational age) Ccompare neurodevelopmental, medical, and plus the time elapsed after birth (chronological age). growth outcomes. The terms “gestational age,” Postmenstrual age is usually described in number of “postmenstrual age,” “corrected age,” and “postcon- weeks and is most frequently applied during the ceptional age” have frequently been defined uncon- perinatal period beginning after the day of birth. ventionally,1,2 misapplied,3–5 or left undefined.6,7 In- Therefore, a preterm infant born at a gestational age consistent use of terminology limits the accurate of 33 weeks who is currently 10 weeks old (chrono- interpretation of data on health outcomes for new- logical age) would have a postmenstrual age of 43 born infants, especially for those born preterm or weeks. When postmenstrual age is quantitated in conceived using assisted reproductive technology. weeks and days for postnatal management reasons, a The purposes of this statement are to review conven- 33-week, 1-day gestational age infant who is 10 tional definitions of age during the perinatal period weeks, 5 days chronological age would have a post- and to recommend standard terminology. menstrual age of 43 weeks, 6 days. “Gestational age” (or “menstrual age”) is the time “Corrected age” (or “adjusted age”) is a term most elapsed between the first day of the last normal appropriately used to describe children up to 3 years menstrual period and the day of delivery (Fig 1).8–10 of age who were born preterm (Fig 1). This term is The first day of the last menstrual period occurs preferred to “corrected gestational age” or “gesta- approximately 2 weeks before ovulation and approx- tional age” and represents the age of the child from imately 3 weeks before implantation of the blasto- the expected date of delivery.13,14 Corrected age is cyst. Because most women know when their last calculated by subtracting the number of weeks born period began but not when ovulation occurred, this before 40 weeks of gestation from the chronological definition traditionally has been used when estimat- age. Therefore, a 24-month-old, former 28-week ges- ing the expected date of delivery. As long as men- tational age infant has a corrected age of 21 months strual dates are remembered accurately, this method according to the following equation: of estimating the date of delivery is reliable.11 Minor inaccuracy (4–6 days) in the expected date of deliv- 24 months Ϫ ͓͑40 weeks Ϫ 28 weeks͒ ery determined from menstrual dates is attributable to inherent biological variability in the relative tim- ϫ 1 month͞4 weeks͔ ing of onset of the last menstrual period, fertilization Corrected age and chronological age are not synon- of the egg, and implantation of the blastocyst.12 Ad- ymous in preterm infants. Additionally, the term ditional inaccuracy (weeks) may occur in women “corrected age” should be used instead of “adjusted age.” doi:10.1542/peds.2004-1915 “Conceptional age” is the time elapsed between PEDIATRICS (ISSN 0031 4005). Copyright © 2004 by the American Acad- the day of conception and the day of delivery. (The emy of Pediatrics. term “conceptual age” is incorrect and should not be 1362 PEDIATRICS Vol.Downloaded 114 No. 5 from November www.aappublications.org/news 2004 by guest on September 28, 2021 Fig 1. Age terminology during the perinatal period. used.) Because assisted reproductive technologies ac- great as 2 weeks) in methods of gestational age esti- curately define the date of fertilization or implanta- mation.8,10,14–19 Postnatal physical examination of the tion, a precise conceptional age can be determined in infant is sometimes used as a method to determine pregnancies resulting from such technologies. Much gestational age if the best obstetric estimate seems of the variability inherent in other methods of gesta- inaccurate. Therefore, methods of determining ges- tional age determination,11–13 except for that attrib- tational age should be clearly stated so that the vari- uted to timing of implantation, is eliminated when ability inherent in these estimations can be consid- the date of conception is determined during assisted ered when outcomes are interpreted.8,10,14–19 reproductive procedures. The convention for calcu- lating gestational age when the date of conception is RECOMMENDATIONS known is to add 2 weeks to the conceptional age.10 Therefore, gestational age is 2 weeks longer than 1. Standardized terminology should be used when conceptional age; they are not synonymous terms. defining ages and comparing outcomes of fetuses When describing the age of a fetus or neonate, “ges- and newborns. The recommended terms (Table 1) tational age” is the term conventionally applied. This are: is particularly important for interpreting outcome studies of preterm infants. As an example, a preterm • Gestational age (completed weeks): time infant conceived using assisted reproductive tech- elapsed between the first day of the last men- nology who has a conceptional age of 25 weeks has a strual period and the day of delivery. If preg- gestational age of 27 weeks. Outcomes for this infant nancy was achieved using assisted reproduc- should be compared with those of 27-week gesta- tive technology, gestational age is calculated by tional age infants, not 25-week gestational age in- adding 2 weeks to the conceptional age. fants. To avoid confusion, the term “gestational age” • Chronological age (days, weeks, months, or should be used. The terms “conceptional age” and years): time elapsed from birth. “postconceptional age,” reflecting the time elapsed • Postmenstrual age (weeks): gestational age plus after conception, should not be used. chronological age. Gestational age is often determined by the “best • Corrected age (weeks or months): chronological obstetric estimate,” which is based on a combination age reduced by the number of weeks born be- of the first day of last menstrual period, physical fore 40 weeks of gestation; the term should be examination of the mother, prenatal ultrasonogra- used only for children up to 3 years of age who phy, and history of assisted reproduction. The best were born preterm. obstetric estimate is necessary because of gaps in 2. During the perinatal period neonatal hospital obstetric information and the inherent variability (as stay, “postmenstrual age” is preferred to describe TABLE 1. Age Terminology During the Perinatal Period Term Definition Units of Time Gestational age Time elapsed between the first day of the last Completed weeks menstrual period and the day of delivery Chronological age Time elapsed since birth Days, weeks, months, years Postmenstrual age Gestational age ϩ chronological age Weeks Corrected age Chronological age reduced by the number of Weeks, months weeks born before 40 weeks of gestation Downloaded from www.aappublications.org/news byAMERICAN guest on September ACADEMY 28, 2021 OF PEDIATRICS 1363 the age of preterm infants. After the perinatal 5. Moriette G, Paris-Llado S, Walti H, et al. Prospective randomized mul- period, “corrected age” is the preferred term. ticenter comparison of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and con- ventional ventilation in preterm infants of less than 30 weeks with 3. “Conceptional age,” “postconceptional age,” respiratory distress syndrome. Pediatrics. 2001;107:363–372 “conceptual age,” and “postconceptual age” 6. Ramanathan R, Corwin MJ, Hunt CE, et al. Cardiorespiratory events should not be used in clinical pediatrics. recorded on home monitors: comparison of healthy infants with those at 4. Publications reporting fetal and neonatal out- increased risk for SIDS. JAMA. 2001;285:2199–2207 7. Pierrat V, Duquennoy C, van Haastert IC, Ernst M, Guilley N, deVries comes should clearly describe methods used to LS. Ultrasound diagnosis and neurodevelopmental outcome of local- determine gestational age. ized and extensive cystic periventricular leucomalacia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2001;84:F151–F156 Committee on Fetus and Newborn, 2003–2004 8. American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians Lillian R. Blackmon, MD, Chairperson and Gynecologists. Guidelines for Perinatal Care. 5th ed. Washington, DC: Daniel G. Batton, MD American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; 2002:378–379 Edward F. Bell, MD 9. Cunningham FG, Gant NF, Gilstrap LC III, Hauth JC, Wenstrom KD, Susan E.
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