title: Assessment of gestational age: modification of a simplified method.
abstract: A simplified method of six features for gestational age assessment was modified to include scored measurements for head circumference and mid-arm circumference, in order to improve reliability. The modified model had better correlation with gestational age than the simplified method, comparable accuracy to the Dubowitz system and was also more rapid. Preterm, low-birthweight, appropriate for gestational-age infants and term, low-birthweight, small for gestational-age infants were reliably identified by the model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Eregie
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values