Prevalence and problems of foetal malnutrition in term babies at Wesley Guild Hospital, South Western Nigeria
| Autor: | J A Owa, G.A. Oyedeji, O.J. Adebami, OA Oyelami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Foetal malnutrition Nigeria Nutritional Status Fetal Nutrition Disorders Meconium Pregnancy Risk Factors Prevalence Birth Weight Humans Medicine Full Term Growth chart Chi-Square Distribution Respiratory distress business.industry High haematocrit Infant Newborn General Medicine medicine.disease Low birth weight Small for gestational age Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | West African Journal of Medicine; Vol 26, No 4 (2007); 278-282 |
| ISSN: | 0189-160X |
| DOI: | 10.4314/wajm.v26i4.28327 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND 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. OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern, prevalence, and problems of FM among term babies delivered at a General Hospital. METHODS 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. RESULTS 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 with FM. Infants with FM had significantly higher mortality and neurological sequelae in the first month of life. CONCLUSION FM is a major health problem in Nigeria with considerable morbidity and mortality. Using CANSCORE, the clinician can diagnose cases of FM which may be missed by using intrauterine growth chart. |
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