Growth and survival of low birthweight infants from 0 to 9 years in a rural area of Ghana. Comparison of moderately low (1501-2000 g) and very low birthweight (1000-1500 g) infants and a local reference population
| Autor: | J. van der Mei, Marcel Volmer, E. R. Boersma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Birth weight Population Child Welfare Rural Health Weight Gain Ghana Survivorship curve Infant Mortality Epidemiology medicine Humans Infant Very Low Birth Weight Prospective Studies Child Prospective cohort study education education.field_of_study business.industry Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Infant Low Birth Weight Body Height Low birth weight Infectious Diseases El Niño Child Preschool Female Parasitology medicine.symptom Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine and International Health. 5:571-577 |
| ISSN: | 1365-3156 1360-2276 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00604.x |
| Popis: | This prospective and descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the growth and survival of 105 low birthweight (LBW, 1,000-2,000 g) infants discharged during a 4-year period from Agogo Hospital, Ghana, and followed from birth until the age of 4-9 years. Thirty-two babies were very low birthweight children (VLBW, 1,000-1,500 g) and 73 (70%) were of moderately low birthweight (MLBW, 1,501-2,000 g). At the age of 3 years, 15 children (14.2%) had not come for follow-up; of the remaining 90 children, nine (10%) had died, five during the first 3 months of life. At follow-up from 4 to 9 years of age, two more children could not be traced and another two had died. Compared to a local reference population and the WHO standard, growth of survivors lagged behind and caught up only slightly during the first 3 years of life. From 3 to 9 years of age, median growth impairment increased, which either suggests impaired growth potential or poor health and inadequate nutrition. This long-term study confirms that LBW (1,000-2,000 g) infants, particularly VLBW children, are at high risk. |
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