External validation of postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn metabolic profiles in Matlab, Bangladesh
Murphy MS, Hawken S, Cheng W, Wilson LA, Lamoureux M, Henderson M, Pervin J, Chowdhury A, Gravett C, Lackritz E, Potter BK, Walker M, Little J, Rahman A, Chakraborty P, Wilson K. External validation of postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn metabolic profiles in Matlab, Bangladesh. ELife 2019, 8: e42627. PMID: 30887951, PMCID: PMC6424558, DOI: 10.7554/elife.42627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational ageGestational age estimationCord bloodNewborn metabolic profilesHeel prick samplesLow-resource settingsTerm infantsPreterm birthHeel prickPopulation-level estimatesPostnatal gestational age estimationBlood spotsMetabolic profileExternal validationInfantsScreening facilityAgeBloodFeasible optionMajority of samplesNewbornsPrickCordWeeks