Use this score sheet to assess the gestational maturity of your baby. At the end of the examination the total score determines the gestational maturity in weeks.
Use this score sheet to assess the gestational maturity of your baby. At the end of the examination the total score determines the gestational maturity in weeks.
SIGN | SCORE | SIGN SCORE | ||||||
-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Posture | ||||||||
Square Window | ||||||||
Arm Recoil | ||||||||
Popliteal Angle | ||||||||
Scarf Sign | ||||||||
Heel To Ear | ||||||||
TOTAL NEUROMUSCULAR SCORE |
SIGN | SCORE | SIGN SCORE | ||||||
-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Skin | Sticky, friable, transparent | gelatinous, red, translucent | smooth pink, visible veins | superficial peeling &/or rash, few veins | cracking, pale areas, rare veins | parchment, deep cracking, no vessels | leathery, cracked, wrinkled | |
Lanugo |
none | sparse | abundant | thinning | bald areas | mostly bald | ||
Plantar Surface |
heel-toe 40-50mm: -1 <40mm: -2 |
>50 mm no crease |
faint red marks |
anterior transverse crease only |
creases ant. 2/3 | creases over entire sole | ||
Breast | imperceptable | barely perceptable |
flat areola no bud |
stippled areola 1-2 mm bud |
raised areola 3-4 mm bud |
full areola 5-10 mm bud |
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Eye / Ear |
lids fused loosely: -1 tightly: -2 |
lids open pinna flat stays folded |
sl. curved pinna; soft; slow recoil | well-curved pinna; soft but ready recoil |
formed & firm instant recoil |
thick cartilage ear stiff |
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Genitals (Male) | scrotum flat, smooth |
scrotum empty, faint rugae |
testes in upper canal, rare rugae |
testes descending, few rugae |
testes down, good rugae |
testes pendulous, deep rugae |
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Genitals (Female) |
clitoris prominent & labia flat |
prominent clitoris & small labia minora |
prominent clitoris & enlarging minora |
majora & minora equally prominent |
majora large, minora small |
majora cover clitoris & minora | ||
TOTAL PHYSICAL MATURITY SCORE |
TOTAL SCORE
(NEUROMUSCULAR + PHYSICAL) |
WEEKS |
-10 | 20 |
-5 | 22 |
0 | 24 |
5 | 26 |
10 | 28 |
15 | 30 |
20 | 32 |
25 | 34 |
30 | 36 |
35 | 38 |
40 | 40 |
45 | 42 |
50 | 44 |
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