Assessment of Gestational Age by Measuring Postnatal Foot Length of the Infant
Author(s): Selvendran C, Jagadeeswari S and S Sundari*
Abstract
The present study includes the correlation of foot length and gestational age among preterm, term and post-term neonates and to study the correlation between foot length and gestational age determined by antenatal USG. The present study focuses on the correlation between foot length and New Ballard's scoring among preterm, term and post-term neonates and to study whether foot length can be used as a proxy measurement to birth weight and gestational age assessment. Foot length correlated significantly (p<0.0001) with gestational age.