NEWBORN infantsNEONATAL intensive care unitsThe weight, length, and head circumference of newborns at birth are important markers of neonatal health, infant survival, and childhood morbidity [1,2]. It is known that infants with smaller body sizes at birth have a higher mortality rate ...
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Up-to-date regional standard curves of birth weight, body length and head circumference have been derived from a survey of perinatal data (Perinatalerhebung) including 96.3% of all neonates born in 1988/89 in an area of northern Germany (westfalian districts of Münster, Detmold and Arnsberg)....
Birth weight, body length, and head circumference of the newborn from the 32nd to the 43rd week of pregnancy (Slovak) S Lukacin,I Fric,J Gajdusek 被引量: 0发表: 1976年 [Studies on the birth-weight and the size of the new-born child with reference to the parity of the mother (...
Head circumference as an index of brain weight in the fetus and newborn. Early Hum. Dev. 1, 145–149 (1977). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Cheong, J. L. et al. Head growth in preterm infants: correlation with magnetic resonance imaging and neurodevelopmental outcome. Pediatrics 121,...
Normal term newborn Head Circumference: 33 to 38 cm Technique Measuring tape around frontal forehead and occiput Take largest of several measurements III. Causes: Macrocephaly Familial withAutosomal Dominantinheritance Hydrocephalus Other conditions
GilWernovsky, inAvery's Diseases of the Newborn (Ninth Edition), 2012 Microcephaly Head circumferenceat birth is a surrogate for growth of the brain, and in neonates without congenital cardiac disease,microcephalyis independently associated with laterdevelopmental delaysand academic difficulties. The inc...
standards of birth weight, birth length and birth head circumference were constructed based on a population of Danish newborn boys and girls in gestational weeks twenty-five to forty-three. Study populations were residents of the municipality of Odense for later gestational ages and residents of the...
No consensus exists about the role of head circumference in identifying children at risk of suboptimal development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between head circumference and intelligence, schooling, employment, and income
Relationship between Ponderal Index, Mid-Arm Circumference/ Head Circumference Ratio and Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status Score (CANSCORE) in the Determination of Nutritional Status of Newborn at Birth in Nigeria Background : Early and accurate assessment of the nutritional status of newborns ...