Medicine · 3 authors, 2 centres
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This retrospective cohort study measured anterior fontanel size at 24 to 48 hours after birth in 573 Korean nursery newborns. The mean anterior fontanel size was 1.85 ± 0.83 cm, and small for gestational age weight and head circumference were correlated with larger anterior fontanel size.
This retrospective cohort study measured anterior fontanel size at 24 to 48 hours after birth in 573 Korean nursery newborns born between September 2019 and August 2020. Small for gestational age weight, small for gestational age head circumference, and multiple births were correlated with larger anterior fontanel size. Among 18 infants with large anterior fontanel, 2 had intracranial abnormalities and 11 had vitamin D deficiency. Limitations include the single-center design and that serum 25-(OH) D levels were checked only for large anterior fontanel-sized infants.
