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Evaluation of some clinical characteristics in assessing the maturity of newborns

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Six hundred live born babies were studied to determine the validity of some physical and neurological criteria for assessing gestational maturity. Out of 26 criteria employed for assessing gestational maturity only 8 characteristics were found to be useful and correlated well with gestational age. These were sole creases ear cartilage, heel to ear manouver, breast tissue, scarf manouver, crossed extension, skin texture and grasp reflex.

The maturity score for the small for gestation babies was higher than that of preterm babies, the difference was statistically significant. There was no significant difference when the maturity score of small for gestation babies was compared with that of normal term babies.

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    A. K. Srivastava & V. K. Agarwal

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From the Department of Pediatrics, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad.

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Srivastava, A.K., Agarwal, V.K. Evaluation of some clinical characteristics in assessing the maturity of newborns. Indian J Pediatr 45, 41–47 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842450

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