Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 46 No 3 (2006): May 2006

Clinical gestational age assessment in newborns using the new Ballard score

Erman Erman (Unknown)
Wayan Retayasa (Unknown)
Soetjiningsih Soetjiningsih (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Oct 2016

Abstract

Background The new Ballard score (NBS) is presently consid-ered to be the most reliable method for estimating clinical gesta-tional age (GA) in newborn infants.Objective The aim of this study was to compare the NBS andDubowitz/Finnstrom score against ultrasonography assessment ofgestational age.Methods A cross sectional randomized study involving neonatesborn in Sanglah Hospital, Bali, June to August 2004 was carriedout. Gestational age was estimated within the first 24 hour by ei-ther Dubowitz/Finnstrom score or NBS confirmed by USG (C-GLMP) as the gold standard.Results One hundred and fifty-five newborns were enrolled in thisstudy. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups, theDubowitz/Finnstrom score group (76 newborns) and NBS group(79 newborns). The mean age of mothers was 28.4 years old; meanbirth weight was 3151.3 g (SD 596.3 g). The proportion of small forGA, appropriate for GA, and large for GA were 6%, 77% and 17%,respectively. Pearson correlation ( r ) between C-GLMP andDubowitz/Finnstrom score was 0.71 (P<0.005); and with NBS was0.79 (P<0.005) .Conclusion The strength of correlation between either NBS orDubowitz/Finnstrom score and USG assessment of gestational ageare similar

Copyrights © 2006






Journal Info

Abbrev

paediatrica-indonesiana

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Paediatrica Indonesiana is a medical journal devoted to the health, in a broad sense, affecting fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents, belonged to the Indonesian Pediatric Society. Its publications are directed to pediatricians and other medical practitioners or researchers at all levels of ...