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

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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 expected due to the lack of subcutaneous fat.The body,arms,and legs have lost subcutaneous fat so they will look small compared to the head.

A Nurse Is Assessing an SGA Infant with Asymmetric Intrauterine