Estimation of Gestational Age in the Neonate
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 130 (5), 477-480
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1976.02120060023005
Abstract
• A combined evaluation of almost all the proposed morphologic and neurologic criteria for estimating gestational age in the neonate was performed on 710 newborns of 28 to 44 weeks' gestation. It is concluded that (1) the neurologic criteria used by Dubowitz et al1 in combination with the external (morphologic) criteria of Farr et al2,3 give very accurate results of estimation of the gestational age; (2) equally accurate results can be obtained if those criteria with the lowest correlation coefficients—namely, arm and leg recoil, degree of edema, and appearance of the genitalia—are omitted; and (3) the use of only nine external criteria, the assessment of which is easier to perform on sick babies, gives an estimation of gestational age that is accurate for clinical purposes (r = 0.878). (Am J Dis Child 130:477-480, 1976)This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Scoring System for the Assessment of Gestational Age of Newborn InfantsPublished by S. Karger AG ,2015
- Neonatal mortality rate: Relationship to birth weight and gestational ageThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
- Clinical assessment of gestational age in the newborn infantThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1970
- Neurological evaluation of the maturity of newborn infants.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1968
- The Value of Some External Characteristics in the Assessment of Gestational Age at BirthDevelopmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1966
- Assessment of Gestational Age by Neurological ExaminationArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1966