PEDIATRICS Vol. 21 No. 3 March 1958, pp. 369
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Palpability of the Liver and Spleen in Infants and Children

The author found the literature to be backing in precise statements concerning the extent to which the liver and spleen project below the costal margin in infants and children. It was found that when measured at the end of exploration, the mean projection of the liver edge below the costal margin in the midclavicular line was approximately 2 cm in the newborn, 1.6 cm in the premature, 1.6 cm during the remainder of the first year, 1 cm from 1frac12 to 10frac12 years of age and 0.85 cm from 10frac12 to 16frac12 years. The spleen could be palpated in 13.5% of newborn infants, in 12.7% during the remainder of the first year, and in 7.2% of those 1frac12 to 10frac12 years of age.