WHO Growth Chart — Neonatal and Infant Close Monitoring (NICM)
Ultimo aggiornamento: 10/11/18
Nel sito del RCPCH (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) alla voce UK-WHO growth charts and resources tra le altre cose sono disponibili le curve di crescita per il “Neonatal and Infant Close Monitoring” (NICM)
“This chart is designed for plotting very preterm infants and those with significant early health problems such as weight faltering form 23 weeks gestation to 2 years corrected age. This chart features low lines to monitor unusually short or under-weight children and the date box system for gestational correction.This was formerly called the Low Birth Weight chart. Children being plotted on this chart can be transferred at age 2 to either the 2–18 years chart or the Childhood and Puberty Close Monitoring chart”Dal sito RCPCH queste utilissime carte sono però disponibili soltanto in uno formato molto scomodo:
UK WHO Growth Charts — NICM 0–2 years (girls) (PDF, 140KB, 2 pages)
UK WHO Growth Charts — NICM 0–2 years (boys) (PDF, 140KB, 2 pages)
le trovate a questo link
Le ho trasformate in un più comodo formato A4:
UK WHO Growth Charts — NICM 0–2 years (girls) (PDF, 858KB, 7 pages)
UK WHO Growth Charts — NICM 0–2 years (boys) (PDF, 858KB, 7 pages)
Oltre a quelle incluse nei pdf già segnalati, ai link che seguono trovate altre utili istruzioni:
UK-WHO Growth charts — Fact Sheet 7: Neonatal and Infant Close Monitoring Growth Chart
NICM chart activity sheet
NICM chart answer sheet
(W1) Warning about head circumference
It is possible to misread the head circumference scale on NICM chart in babies with very large heads.Please read Warning on misreading of head circumference scale UK WHO NICM charts(W2) Warning about "preterm growth & chart"
Preterm charts show weight and head circumference at birth
for babies born between 23 and 42 weeks of gestation. After
birth an individual baby’s growth is not expected to follow the
centile lines shown in the “preterm” section because it shows
only birth measurements. Most preterm babies will show slow
initial weight gain or weight loss. This means they will appear
to fall on the chart.The charts from 2 weeks to 4 years are based on healthy term
infants so do not reflect average growth of preterm infants.
However where infants have remained well their growth
patterns should match the centile at their corrected age, while
children who have had problems in the neonatal period and
dropped away will usually gradually climb back up the centiles
after term.
