ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2018
Valid serial length measurements in preterm infants permit characterization of growth patterns.
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- Nutrition assessment of hospitalized very preterm infants: Best practices for accurate anthropometry in neonatal intensive care unit settings.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2025Guideline
- Optimizing individual nutrition in preterm very low birth weight infants: double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Trial
- Organ size in small infants (The OSSI Study): establishing sonographic reference intervals for abdominal organs in preterm infants.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Improved linear growth after routine zinc supplementation in preterm very low birth weight infants.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Contemporary definitions of infant growth failure and neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes in extremely premature infants at two years of age.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Growth after implementing a donor breast milk program in neonates <33 weeks gestational age or birthweight <1500 grams: Retrospective cohort study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Quality improvement project designed to reduce disproportionate growth in extremely low gestational age neonates: cognitive neurodevelopmental outcome at 18-41 months.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Zinc deficiency limiting head growth to discharge in extremely low gestational age infants with insufficient linear growth: a cohort study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Article
- Association of age of initiation and type of complementary foods with body mass index and weight-for-length at 12 months of age in preterm infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Observational
- Adjustable feedings plus accurate serial length measurements decrease discharge weight-length disproportion in very preterm infants: quality improvement project.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe lack of a valid and safe method for measuring length in critically ill preterm neonates has led to a primary focus on weight gain. LOCAL PROBLEM: Paucity of valid length measurements, precluding the accurate analysis of growth patterns.
methodsQuality improvement project among infants < 29 weeks or small for gestational age < 35 weeks with embedded validation of (1) a caliper (infantometer) for length measurements and (2) length measurements during the first week to estimate birth length.
interventionImplementation of valid methods to measure length.
resultsWe validated infantometer measurements and first week length measurements. The percentage of neonates with valid measurements during the first week rose from 10% to 78%, resulting in increased identification of classifiable growth patterns from < 10% to 89%.
conclusionsBy increasing the percentage of neonates with valid length measurements in the first week postnatal, we identified an increased number of neonates with classifiable growth abnormalities.
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