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

DATE OF BIRTH ___________________________________

WEIGHT PERCENTILES LENGTH PERCENTILES

4600 54
90
4400 53
4200 52
75
4000 90 51
3800 50 50
75
3600 49
25
3400 50
48
3200 47
25 10
3000 46
2800

Length (cm)
10 45
Weight (g)

2600 44
2400 43
2200 42
2000 41
1800 40
1600 39
1400 38
1200 37
1000 36
800 35
600 34
PRETERM TERM
400 33
0 32
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 PRETERM TERM
Gestational Age (week) 31
0
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Gestational Age (week)
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE PERCENTILES
38
37 Weight Length Head Circ.
90 CLASSIFICATION OF INFANT*
36
75
35 50 Large for
34 Gestational Age (LGA)
25
Head Circumference (cm)

33 (>90th percentile)
10
32
31 Appropriate for
30
Gestational Age (AGA)
29
(10th to 90th percentile)
28
27
Small for
26
Gestational Age (SGA)
25
(<10th percentile)
24
23
PRETERM TERM *Place an "X" in the appropriate box (LGA), AGA or SGA) for weight, for
22 length and for head circumference.
0
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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