Abstract
Background: Birth weight is single most important criterion for determining neonatal and infant survival. LBW is a sensitive indicator of socioeconomic conditions and indirectly measures the health of the mother and child. Objective : To compare the accuracy of assessing gestational age using foot length by comparing with ultrasound ndings. Methods and Analysis: A cross sectional observational study was carried out in all live, newborn babies under 48 hours of life, admitted in RLJH, st was taken for the study at , Kolar from July 2021 to September 2021 Gestational a . ge of all the babies are determined by 1 trimester ultrasound report. Right foot gestational age measured from the heel to the tip of the great toe, using a plastic stiff ruler.Gestational range varied from 27 weeks to 42 weeks. Results: Gestational age and foot length also showed a positive correlation with a correlation coefcient , pearson coefcient of 0.677 and p value of <0.001. Conclusion : There was positive strong correlation between foot length and gestational age which was statistically signicant. Foot length can be taken as an ancillary to determine the gestational age of a neonate, when other parameters like rst trimester ultrasound or Ballard's scoring cannot be done. It is a quick method to estimate the gestational age to plan further management of the new born.
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