title: [Use of mid-arm and head circumference to estimate gestational age and nutritional status of newborns].
abstract: 1110 neonates, from 30 to 42 of estimated gestational age (EGA) were measured on the 1st day of life to estimate upper mid-arm circumference (MAC) and head circumference (HC). Individual MAC/HC ratio was calculated. MAC/HC ratio was used to estimate gestational age and nutritional status of the newborns. We proved that MAC/HC ratio increased linearly between 30 and 38 week of pregnancy and it stabilized between 38-42 week. We compared MAC/HC ratio with birth weight, skin fold score, and ponderal index. We concluded that this ratio may be very useful to estimate gestational age and to include the neonates to "the group of risk".
authors.affiliation: Propedeutyki Pediatrii Instytutu Pediatrii Akademii Medycznej, Lodzi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gołebiowska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ligenza
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kobierska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zielińska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wlazłowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sikora
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haładaj
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm; D001724:Birth Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012016:Reference Values; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
vernacular_title: Zastosowanie wskaźnika ramienno-głowowego dla oceny wieku ciazowego i stanu odzywienia noworodka.