Assistance and assessment of the health situation of high-risk newborn children in a Sanitary District of Belo Horizonte: challenges beyond the child survival

Autor: Sônia Lansky, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Tatiana Rosária Mendes Freire, Anna Carolina Martins Pinto, Carla Jorge Machado
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Revista Médica de Minas Gerais. 24
ISSN: 2238-3182
DOI: 10.5935/2238-3182.20140102
Popis: Introdution: Newborns who survive with extreme weight and gestational age, with asphyxia and/or congenital malformations, have increased the risk of morbidity and mortality and demand more health attention. Objective: to evaluate the assistance and health situation of high-risk children in the first three years of life and the implementation of the High-risk Newborn Protocol from the Health Municipal Secretary of Belo Horizonte. Methods: this was a noncompetitive cohort study of high-risk children (birth weight ≤ 2000 grams and/or Apgar < 7 in the fifth minute of life), born in 2006, in a sanitary district of Belo Horizonte-MG, identified in the System of Information on Live Births. The data were collected through an assessment of the children and a structured interview with their parents. We evaluated the actions advocated by the Protocol and considered as: not implemented (
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