STUDIES ON MATURITY IN NEWBORN INFANTS IX. Further Observations on the Use of External Characteristics in Estimating Gestational Age
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 66 (5), 601-604
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07954.x
Abstract
A simple method for assessing maturity based on 8 external characteristics was previously described. Some new results with the use of this method were presented. The precision in estimating gestational age was sufficiently good. More than 95% of the infants were correctly estimated within .+-. 3 wk. Reducing the criteria to 7 and threby excluding the ophthalmoscopic examination did not signifcantly change precision of estimation. The examination based on external characteristics is a very simple and useful method for maturity assessment, even in sick newborn infants. Tables for transforming maturity score into gestational age were presented.Keywords
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