Birkebaek Niels Holtum, Kamperis Konstantinos, Main Katharina Maria, Johannesen Jesper, Naerå Rune Weis, Hertel Niels Thomas
Paediatrisk Afdeling A, Arhus Universitetshospital, Skejby.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2007 Apr 30;169(18):1669-71.
Growth monitoring is essential for the evaluation of health in children. Growth and final height have changed over time, the secular trend, and therefore updated growth curves are important. In this article the growth curves in use in Denmark are reviewed. In 2003 two different growth curves with older reference populations were used for growth evaluation after the neonatal period, and five different growth curves were in use for neonatal growth evaluation. To make growth evaluation more homogeneous we recommend one updated Scandinavian growth curve for child growth monitoring in Denmark.
