Uy, Roxanne M.

N211 NCM 101 Ballard Scoring Postnatal methods of determining gestational age in premature infants have been developed and validated. The New Ballard Exam allows for gestational assessment in infants as early as 20 weeks' gestation and uses parameters of physical and neurological maturity to reach a score that correlates with gestational age. This is the most commonly used tool for postnatal assessment of gestational age, due to its ease of use and the limited accuracy of other methods of gestational age determination. The New Ballard Exam complements estimates of gestational age from the history or ultrasound findings.

PHYSICAL MATURITY SCORING SHEET

NEUROMUSCULAR ACTIVITY SCORING SHEET

Maturity Rating Add up the individual Neuromuscular and Physical Maturity scores for the twelve categories, then obtain the estimated gestational age from the table below.
Total Score -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 Gestational Age, Weeks 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 Total Score 25 30 35 40 45 50 Gestational Age, Weeks 34 36 38 40 42 44

NEWBORN REFLEXES