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The role of skin fold thickness in the assessment of maturity innewborn infants | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-116 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hassna O. Al-Janabi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Gestational age has traditionally been used as strong indicator for the risk of neonatalmorbidity and mofiality. Indeed, survival increases with increasing gestational age.Therefore a full-term neonate carries less morbidity and mortality in comparison withpretdrm neonate. Assessment of maturity requires the utilization of many physical andneurological criteria. Measurement of skin fold thickness is an easy maneuver. The aimof the present study is to assess whether the skin fold thickness is of benefit in theassessment of maturity. One hundred preterm and 10! full-term neonates, their skin foldthickness were measured by using the skin fold thickness caliper, the skin fold thicknessof the preterm neonates (2.4 mm + 0.5) were found to be significantly lower than the skinfold thickness of the full-term neonates (4.2 mm+ 0.9) at aP value of less than 0.01. It isevident from this study that there was a strong positive correlation between thegestational age and the skin fold thickness, that is mean the skin fold thickness is higherwith increasing gestational age. In conclusion; skin fold thickness can be considered as apalameter in the assessment of maturity of the newbom neonates. | ||
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