What will the nurse note when assessing an infant with asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction?
A) All body parts appear proportionate.
B) The extremities are disproportionate to the trunk.
C) The head seems large compared with the rest of the body.
D) One side of the body appears slightly smaller than the other.

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In asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction, the head is normal in size; but, appears large because the infant's body is long and thin due to lack of subcutaneous fat. The left and right side growth should be symmetric. With asymmetric intrauterine growth restrictions, the body appears smaller than normal compared to the head. The body parts are out of proportion, with the body looking smaller than anticipated. The body, arms, and legs have lost subcutaneous fat so they will look small compared with the head.

What Will the Nurse Note When Assessing an Infant with Asymmetric