Birth weight and head circumference standards for English twins.

Birth weight and head circumference standards for English twins.

This study was undertaken to provide reliable up to date information on birth weights and occipitofrontal head circumference measurements in relation to gestational age for English newborn twins. Records from 36 maternity units in England, mainly from 1988-92, have provided data on birth weights for over 19,000 newborn twins with gestational ages ranging from 23 to 41 weeks, and on head circumf...

SUPINE LENGTH, WEIGHT AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE OF NEONATES AT BIRTH IN URBAN AREAS OF ARAK AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEM

Developing nomogram to estimate birth weight from head circumference and mid-upper arm circumference.

BACKGROUND Despite the huge proportion of the babies in the developing world being born low birthweight, only about half of the newborns are weighed at birth as weighing scales often tend to be either non-available or defective. OBJECTIVE Designing a nomogram for estimation of birthweight from head circumference (HC) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC). METHOD Birthweight, HC and MUAC of...

Growth of Head Circumference, Weight and Height from Birth to 18 Months in the South of Iran

Background: Assessing the growth of infants is a main parameter in their health assessment. Thus, we have studied the growth condition of children from born to 18 months in this research in Bandar Abbas, Iran, 2015. Methods: In this descriptive study, we have selected 104 case records from the dataset of health center number 8 of BandarAbbas by means of simple randomized sampling. All data abou...

Reference curves of birth weight, length, and head circumference for gestational ages in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

BACKGROUND The birth weight reference curve to estimate the newborns at risk in need of assessment and monitoring has been established. The previous reference curves from Indonesia, approximately 8 years ago, were based on the data collected from teaching hospitals only with limited gestational ages. The aims of the study were to update the reference curves for birth weight, supine length and h...