KIDNEY LENGTH IN THE NEWBORN MEASURED BY ULTRASOUND

ABSTRACT. Kidney length was measured in 115 unselected neonates with portable real‐time ultrasound. The left kidney was slightly, but significantly, longer than the right. There was a positive correlation between kidney length and birthweight, but kidney size did not increase significantly after 36 weeks gestation. Further ultrasound studies of the newborn kidney will be of interest.

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