title: [The echographic dimensions of the liver in the term newborn and its relation to anthropometric variables].
abstract: We decided to undergo a study looking for normal liver size in relation with other anthropometric measures. Fifty healthy, appropriate for gestational age term-babies, born at the Hospital de Ginecopediatría Número 48, Centro Médico Nacional del IMSS, León, Guanajuato, México, were examined by hepatic ultrasound. The vertical diameter was 6.0 +/- 0.75 cm, transverse 8.26 +/- 0.72 cm, AP 5.44 +/- 0.5 cm. The longitudinal cross section area was 16.21 +/- 2.5 cm2, and the transverse cross section area 22.53 +/- 3.4 cm2. We found most important correlation between vertical diameter and longitudinal cross section area with the anthropometric measures. The hepatic measures correlate better with the weight. Ultrasound provides a rapid, accurate and convenient method for study the liver size and morphology in the neonate.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neonatología, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Léon, Guanajuato, México.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cortés-Gallo
authors.forename: M del C
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Méndez-Muñiz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hernández-Arriaga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zamora-Orozco
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Dimensiones ecográficas del hígado del recién nacido a término y su relación con variables antropométricas.