Measurement of thoracic spine length on chest radiographs of newborn infants.
The relationship of thoracic spine length and birth weight was evaluated in newborn infants of 26-41 weeks gestational age, and standards of thoracic spine length were established. Thoracic spine length is an accurate index of trunk length in the: if the gestational age is known, a markedly lengthened thoracic spine suggests that the mother is diabetic, while a markedly shortened thoracic spine suggest retarded intrauterine growth.
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging