Chest and Mid-Arm Circumferences: Identification of Low Birth Weight Newborns in Turkey

Chest and Mid-Arm Circumferences: Identification of Low Birth Weight Newborns in Turkey

The present study was performed to find out which anthropometric measurement(s) could efficiently be substituted for weight to detect neonates with low birth weight at birth. A total of 874 neonates, between 32 and 43 weeks of gestational age were measured within 24 h of birth to interpret the valid...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1995-02, Vol.41 (1), p.34-37
Hauptverfasser: Arisoy, A. Engin, Sarman, Gulnihal
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anthropometry
Arm
Birth Weight
Body Height
Head
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thorax
Turkey
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Zusammenfassung:The present study was performed to find out which anthropometric measurement(s) could efficiently be substituted for weight to detect neonates with low birth weight at birth. A total of 874 neonates, between 32 and 43 weeks of gestational age were measured within 24 h of birth to interpret the validity of anthropometric measurements. Low birth weight was observed in 10 per cent of the neonates. The study showed a significant correlation (P
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/41.1.34