Journal article
Variability of abdominal circumference of premature infants
Journal of pediatric surgery, Vol.25(5), pp.543-544
1990
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(90)90569-U
PMID: 2352090
Abstract
Serial measurements of abdominal circumference were made in 27 premature infants 1 hour before feeding, immediately before and after feeding, and 1 and 2 hours after feeding. In some infants these measurements were repeated for 2 (n = 18) or 3 (n = 3) consecutive days. All 258 measurements were performed by the same examiner; 124 were also repeated blindly by another examiner to test interobserver reliability. The coefficient of variation of repeated measurements of any one infant by the same examiner on a single day was 2.7%. Ninety percent of repeated measurements agreed within 1.5 cm. The interobserver reliability was 0.99. Abdominal circumference was positively correlated with birth weight (
P = .0001) and time from last defecation (
P = .0001) and negatively correlated with time from last feeding (
P = .04). Increases in abdominal circumference of less than 1.5 cm occur normally and, in the absence of other clinical signs, should not be considered indicative of disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Variability of abdominal circumference of premature infants
- Creators
- Priya BhatiaKaren J JohnsonEdward F Bell
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric surgery, Vol.25(5), pp.543-544
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/0022-3468(90)90569-U
- PMID
- 2352090
- ISSN
- 0022-3468
- eISSN
- 1531-5037
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1990
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984093601102771
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