Struijs et al reported equations for predicting the length of the colon in children. The authors are from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Patient selection: 24 weeks of gestation to 5 years of age
Parameters:
(1) postconception age in weeks from 24 to 300
(2) body weight in grams from 0 to 20,000
(3) height in cm from 10 to 120 cm
colon length in cm =
= (45.969 * LN(age)) - 126.823
= (0.006 * (weight)) + 23.659
colon length in cm) =
= 0.111 * ((height)^1.521)
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Specialty: Gastroenterology, Pedatrics
