CORRELATION OF FOOT & HAND LENGTH MEASUREMENT WITH GESTATIONAL MATURITY IN NEONATES

Authors

  • DR.S.R.SATEESHA Department of Neonatology ,Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health , Bangalore
  • DR.H.S.NIRANJAN Department of Neonatology ,Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health , Bangalore
  • DR.A.S.JAGADISH Department of Neonatology ,Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health , Bangalore
  • DR.NAVEEN BENAKAPPA. Department of Neonatology ,Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health , Bangalore

Keywords:

Foot length,Hand length,Gestational maturity

Abstract

Anthropometric measurements serve as useful adjuncts of growth and maturity.Prospective study was conducted at tertiary care NICU to study the correlation between foot and hand length with gestational age in neonates. Foot length has  significant correlation with gestational age in preterm SGA, preterm AGA and term AGA babies (p<0.05). Similarly, hand length has strong correlation with gestational age in preterm AGA and term AGA(p<0.05).Hence foot length and hand length can be used as surrogate marker for gestational age especially in community settings .However larger studies are required and specific reference charts need to be created.

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30.09.2015

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DR.S.R.SATEESHA, DR.H.S.NIRANJAN, DR.A.S.JAGADISH, & DR.NAVEEN BENAKAPPA. (2015). CORRELATION OF FOOT & HAND LENGTH MEASUREMENT WITH GESTATIONAL MATURITY IN NEONATES. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(3), 1050–1054. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4549

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Volume 6, Issue 3, 2015

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