CLASSIFICATION OF NEWBORNS (BOTH SEXES)
BY INTRAUTERINE GROWTH AND GESTATIONAL AGE1,2
NAME ____________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH ___________________________________
LENGTH _________________________________________
HOSPITAL NO. _____________________________________
SEX _____________________________________________
HEAD CIRC. ______________________________________
RACE ____________________________________________
BIRTH WEIGHT ____________________________________
GESTATIONAL AGE
4600
4400
4200
4000
3800
3600
3400
3200
3000
2800
2600
2400
2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
0
WEIGHT PERCENTILES
90
75
50
25
Length (cm)
Weight (g)
DATE OF BIRTH ___________________________________
10
PRETERM
TERM
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Gestational Age (week)
54
53
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43
42
41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
0
LENGTH PERCENTILES
90
75
50
25
10
PRETERM
TERM
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Head Circumference (cm)
Gestational Age (week)
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
0
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE PERCENTILES
90
CLASSIFICATION OF INFANT*
Weight
Length
Head Circ.
75
Large for
Gestational Age (LGA)
(>90th percentile)
50
25
10
Appropriate for
Gestational Age (AGA)
(10th to 90th percentile)
Small for
Gestational Age (SGA)
(<10th percentile)
PRETERM
*Place an "X" in the appropriate box (LGA), AGA or SGA) for weight, for
length and for head circumference.
TERM
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Gestational Age (week)
References
1. Battaglia FC, Lubchenco LO: A practical classification of newborn infants by weight and gestational age.
J Pediatr 1967; 71:159-163.
2. Lubchenco LO, Hansman C, Boyd E: Intrauterine growth in length and head circumference as estimated
from live births at gestational ages from 26 to 42 weeks. Pediatrics 1966; 37:403-408.
Reprinted by permission from Dr Battaglia, Dr Lubchenco, Journal of Pediatricsand Pediatrics
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