PMID: 18705426Aug 19, 2008Paper

Prevalence and problems of foetal malnutrition in term babies at Wesley Guild Hospital, South Western Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine
Olusegun J AdebamiOyeku A Oyelami

Abstract

Up to two-thirds of low birth weight babies delivered in the developing countries are also small for gestational age (SGA). Since SGA is common in West Africa, FM is expected to be common in the region. To determine the pattern, prevalence, and problems of FM among term babies delivered at a General Hospital. Subjects were consecutive, live, singleton; full term neonates delivered at the hospital over eight months and were assessed within 24 hours of birth. Each baby was examined for evidence of FM using the Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status Score (CANSCORE) described by Metcoff. The babies were classified into those with and without FM and the two groups compared. Four hundred and seventy three term singleton live born neonates consisting of 246 males and 227 (48%) females were assessed. Eighty-nine (52%). 18.8% of the 473 babies had FM. FM was commoner in SGA babies than AGAbabies (p < 0.001). A total of 47 (82.5%) of the 57 babies who were SGA had FM while 42 (10.6%) of 396 babies who were AGA had FM (p < 0.001) and none of the 20 LGA babies suffered from FM. Severe birth asphyxia, respiratory distress, meconium aspiration, hypoglycaemia, high haematocrit and hypoalbuminaemia were significantly commoner in babies wit...Continue Reading

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Jun 10, 2008·Indian Journal of Pediatrics·Olusegun Joseph Adebami, J A Owa

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