Gestational Age Specific Postnatal Growth Curves for Singleton Babies in Tertiary Hospital of Western Nepal

INTRODUCTION: Measurement of birth weight, crown-heel length, head circumference and chest circumference used to assess the intrauterine growth of a baby vary with altitude, race, gender, socioeconomic status, maternal size, and maternal diseases. The study aimed to construct centile charts for birth weight, crown-heel length and head circumference for new born at different gestational ages in Western Nepal. METHODS: This was a descriptive …