Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269455 |
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| Definition: | The first weight of the live born or stillborn baby obtained after birth, or the weight of the neonate or infant on the date admitted if this is different from the date of birth. |
Birth—birth weight
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Birth |
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| Definition: | The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception of at least 20 weeks of gestation or of 400 grams or more birthweight, where the product can be live born or stillborn. |
| Context: | Perinatal |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Birth weight |
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| Definition: | The weight of a newborn as recorded at birth. |
| Property group: | Physical characteristics |
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Product of birth—birthweight
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Birth—birth weight, code N
Birth—birth weight, total grams NNNN
Birth—birth weight, total grams NNNN
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