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MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF THE LIVER IN THE NEWBORN: A RADIOGRAPHIC ESTIMATE *
Author(s) -
HOWIE R. N.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1967.tb01692.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , autopsy , radiology , nuclear medicine , pathology
SYNOPSIS The outline of the liver was readily seen in nearly 70% of radiographs of the chest in 441 newborn infants when the region of the liver was included. This paper describes a method of estimating the weight of the liver from measurements made on the radiographs. There was a fair correlation between these estimates and the weight of the liver recorded at autopsy in 48 of the 441 babies. Some errors and limitations of the method are discussed.