scholarly journals Cooking with Wood May Fuel Low Birth Weight: Kitchen Smoke Puts Babies at Risk

2008 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Washam
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight

Incidence, Severity, and Timing of Subependymal and Intraventricular Hemorrhages in Preterm Infants Born in a Perinatal Unit as Detected by Serial Real-Time Ultrasound

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzipora Dolfin ◽  
Martin B. Skidmore ◽  
Katherine W. Fong ◽  
Elizabeth M. Hoskins ◽  
Andrew T. Shennan
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Intraventricular Hemorrhage ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Grade Iii

Real-time ultrasound scans were performed on 66 low-birth-weight infants within the first six hours of life (mean, two hours), and then at 12, 24, 48, and 72 hours, and thereafter at weekly intervals. All of the infants were born in a perinatal unit. The incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage and subependymal hemorrhage was 31%. Eight of 20 infants had small hemorrhages (Papile, grades I and II); seven infants sustained grade III hemorrhages, and five infants sustained grade Iv hemorrhages. All hemorrhages occurred in the first 72 hours of life; 25% were diagnosed with the first scan (ie, within the first six hours of life). The infants especially at risk were those less than 29 weeks's gestation. Five infants developed progressive posthemorrhagic ventriculomegaly that subsided spontaneously by age 8 weeks. The mortality in the study group was only 4.5%.

scholarly journals Are low birth weight neonates at risk for suboptimal renal growth and function during infancy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Iyengar ◽  
S. Nesargi ◽  
A. George ◽  
N. Sinha ◽  
S. Selvam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Renal Growth ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Low birth weight and macrosomia in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: who are the mothers at risk?

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayelom Gebrekirstos Mengesha ◽  
Alem Desta Wuneh ◽  
Berhe Weldearegawi ◽  
Divya L. Selvakumar
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Northern Ethiopia

scholarly journals The Use of Benzoyl-Dl-Arginine-Naphthylamide (Bana) Test as A Screening Test for Mother at Risk for Delivery of Pre-Term and Low Birth Weight in A Rwandan Population

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Claude Bayingana ◽  
Charles Karangwa ◽  
Jean Kalibushi ◽  
Julien Gashegu
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
P Value ◽  
Oral Infections ◽  
Term Delivery ◽  
Clinical Indices

Oral infections can act as the site of origin for dissemination of periodonto-bacteria and their toxins as well as induce inflammatory mechanisms to distant body sites, thus linking periodontal diseases to pre-term delivery of low birth weight (PLBW) infants. Periodontal disease is an infection of the tissues surrounding and supporting the teeth. Researchers showed that between 18 and 50 % of all pre-term deliveries are associated with periodontal disease. Porphyromonasgingivalis, Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythia are among the subgingival microflora most frequently associated with periodontal disease. The presence of these bacteria can be identified by their ability to hydrolyse BANA. BANA is a rapid and effective diagnostic aid shown to correlate well with the clinical indices used to diagnose periodontal disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between the presence of member of the red complex (BANA positive species) in subgingival plaque and pre-term delivery of low birth weight in a Rwandan population. Three clinical indices (PI,GI and PD) were measured for each patient. Plaque sample were collected by inserting a sterile probe into the base of the pocket and this served for the measurement of the BANA enzyme test. The age of the population study was between 18 and 47 years with a mean of 30.8 (± 5.34). Among the 450 women examined, 57.1 % had a PI score of 2, 56.0 % had GI score of 2 and 89.6 % had a PD between 4-6 mm. At a level of 5%, a significant association of p-value=0.000 was found between PI vs BANA, GI vs BANA and PD vs BANA. No significant association (p-value=0.073) was found between BANA and mothers who delivered preterm of low birth weight (PLBW). In conclusion, findings of this study showed that BANA cannot be used for now as screening test for mother at risk for preterm delivery, while waiting for a multicenter study which will help to verify the cause of these discrepancies of results. In the other hand we can recommend BANA to be used as a routine test for the detection of periodontal disease due it strong relationship with clinical indices used to diagnose periodontal disease.

Day Care for the Child Born Prematurely

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-192
Author(s):  
Ruth T. Gross
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Early Interventions ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Increased Risk

The Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) has contributed to our knowledge of the role of high-quality, educational day care in the lives of children with special needs. The IHDP was a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive early intervention program in improving the health and developmental outcomes of low birth weight (LBW), premature infants. One component of this program was the provision of special day-care centers for the children receiving this intervention. The rationale for the IHDP was based, on the one hand, on documented need. Low birth weight children are known to be at risk for a variety of medical complications in the first year of life.1-3 Thereafter, the major area of risk is delayed cognitive development, which often leads to difficulties in learning and school achievement.4-6 An increased risk for behavior problems might exacerbate these school-related difficulties.7-9 The outcomes of LBW infants have been the subject of several recent reviews.2,10-12 On the other hand, there was some evidence of effectiveness of early interventions for LBW infants, although these tended to be reports of early outcomes at single sites.13,14 More compelling was the evidence of longer-range improvement in cognitive development resulting from comprehensive early interventions for disadvantaged children of normal birth weight14,15 Given the increasing survival of premature infants, including those of very low birth weight, it was considered important to test the efficacy of such an intervention for this at-risk population in a randomized trial. The models for the IHDP were two longitudinal comprehensive programs, Abecedarian and Project CARE,16 which combined home visits, parent support, and a comprehensive educational curriculum within special day-care centers.

Antibacterial chemotherapy in the newborn

1981 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Bacterial Infection ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Maternal Infection ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Antibacterial Chemotherapy ◽  
Special Risk

The newborn is immunologically immature and at risk of infection. Bacterial infection is usually acquired during or soon after birth, rather than in utero. Preterm and low-birth-weight babies are at special risk; prolonged rupture of the membranes, maternal infection, and difficulties in delivery all increase the risk of infection.

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