CAN score- a boon to resource limited settings

Autor:	Libni D. Angel, B Kiran, Geetha M, S Santosh, V Rangaiah, Pavan Raj, T Himabindu
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal intensive care unit business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Gestational age medicine.disease Malnutrition Emergency medicine Medicine business Prospective cohort study Body mass index Limited resources Fetal Malnutrition
Zdroj:	Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research. 6:189-193
ISSN:	2349-3267 2349-5499
DOI:	10.17511/ijpr.2019.i04.07
Popis:	Introduction: Fetal Malnutrition is one of the major determinants of neonatal outcomes, especially in under privileged communities. Assessment may be tedious, expensive and often eating into resources limiting its effective management. CAN scoring emerging as a promising simple and cost effective tool needs validation before wide spread adoption. Materials and Methods: We carried out a Prospective Study of 3 months duration between 1st November 2018 and 31st January 2019 at our Hospital, a tertiary care centre with neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in South India. Results: Total number of newbornin our study was 104. The incidence of malnutrition according to CAN Score is 29.8%, Ponderal Index 12.5%, Weight for Gestational Age is 13.5% and Body Mass Index is 14.4%. The Sensitivity, Specificity and Positive Predictive Value of CANS are 83.87%, 79.45%, 63.41%, which are high and are statistically Significant. Conclusion: CAN Score appear to be a Simple and Cheap Tool to accurately assess Neonatal Malnutrition.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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