Approaching the diagnosis of growth-restricted neonates: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The consequences of in utero growth restriction have been attracting scholarly attention for the past two decades. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of growth-restricted neonates is as yet an unresolved issue. Aim of this study is the evaluation of the performance of simple, common indicators of nutritional status, which are used in the identification of growth-restricted neonates.

Methods

In a cohort of 418 consecutively born term and near term neonates, four widely used anthropometric indices of body proportionality and subcutaneous fat accretion were applied, singly and in combination, as diagnostic markers for the detection of growth-restricted babies. The concordance of the indices was assessed in terms of positive and negative percent agreement and of Cohen's kapp

SUBMITTER: Sifianou P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2830965 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature