A new device to measure short-term growth of head circumference in newborn infants.
We have developed and tested a new instrument to measure the occipitofrontal head circumference of newborn infants more accurately. The intra- and interobserver variability was determined. The results indicate that the head circumference of newborn infants can be measured with an accuracy of 1 mm.
Gerver
W J
WJ
Department of Paediatrics, State University Limburg, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Gidding
C
C
van Amstel
M
M
Vles
J S
JS
D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn