Assessment of Gestational Age—New Ballard Score

Assessment of Gestational Age—New Ballard Score

Scores from neuromuscular and physical domains are added to obtain total score.

(Adapted from Ballard JL, Khoury JC, Wedig K, et al. New Ballard score, expanded to include extremely premature infants. Pediatrics. 1991;119(3):417–423. doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(05)82056-6; used with permission of the CV Mosby Company.)