{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T14:09:14Z","timestamp":1778335754955,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issue":"7","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Pak J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: To investigate the multifaceted approaches to promoting growth potential in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants and their clinical relevance.\r\nMethods: This was a retrospective study. A total of 196 SGA infants who were born in the Department of Obstetrics at Baoding Maternal &amp; Child Health Hospital from February 2020 to February 2024 were selected as the study subjects and were divided into the control group (n=98) and the catch-up group (n=98) according to different nursing approaches. Specifically, the clinical value was investigated using the various development index, and maternal anxiety and depression scores.\r\nResult: No significant differences were observed in body weight, height, WAZ, and HAZ between the 2 groups at 3 ~ 9 months of corrected age (P &gt; 0.05), while the body weight, height, WAZ, and HAZ in the catch-up group were greater than those in the control group at 12 ~ 24 months of corrected age, with significant differences (P &lt; 0.01). Meanwhile, at 24 months of correction age, PDI, MDI, FBG and Homa-IAI indexes in the catch-up group were higher than those in the control group, while FINS, Homa-IR, HBCI and anxiety and depression indexes were lower than those in the control group, with statistical significance (P&lt;0.01).\r\nConclusion: Early interventions in SGA infants with appropriate growth potential can achieve catch-up growth and prevent side effects of overnutrition-induced insulin resistance.\r\ndoi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.41.7.11010\r\nHow to cite this: Si L, Guo J, Du W, Zhao S, Li J. Multifaceted approaches to promoting the growth potential in small-for-gestational-age infants and their clinical relevance. Pak J Med Sci. 2025;41(7):1881-1886. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.41.7.11010\r\nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.41.7.11010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]],"date-time":"2025-06-30T18:23:27Z","timestamp":1751307807000},"page":"1881-1886","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Multifaceted approaches to promoting the growth potential in small-for-gestational-age infants and their clinical relevance"],"prefix":"10.12669","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Lijuan","family":"Si","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenlong","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simeng","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4935","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]]},"container-title":["Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/11010\/2846","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/11010\/2846","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T13:13:50Z","timestamp":1778332430000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/view\/11010"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.41.7.11010","relation":{},"ISSN":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1681-715X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1682-024X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]]}}}