NH-CSS

Netchine–Harbison clinical scoring system(English)

  • based on the original system and no longer includes a requirement for SGA. Six factors are included: (1) prenatal growth retardation (birth weight and/or length =-2 standard deviation score (SDS) for gestational age); (2) postnatal growth retardation (height at 24 ±1 months =-2 SDS according to the CDC growth charts or height =-2 SDS from midparental target height); (3) relative macrocephaly at birth (head circumference at birth at least 1.5 SDS above birth weight and/or length SDS according to Usher and McLean statistical data); (4) protruding forehead (defined as a forehead that projects beyond the facial plane on a side view) as a toddler; (5) body asymmetry (defined as a leg length discrepancy (LLD) of = 0.5 cm or arm asymmetry or LLD <0.5 cm with at least two other asymmetrical body parts (with one being a non-face part)); (6) feeding difficulties (use of a feeding tube or cyproheptadine for appetite stimulation) and/or low BMI (BMI =-2 SDS at 24 months) according to CDC growth charts
  • BMI, CDC, LLD, SGA, RSS
  • Scoring systems/scales, Neonatology
  • https://dx.doi.…net-2014-102979
  • http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/