Letters to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-472
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. McAnarney
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Young Adolescent ◽  
Good Care ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Inadequate Care ◽  
Pregnancy Weight ◽  
Prenatal Visits

The article entitled "Teenaged and Pre-teenaged Pregnancies: Consequences of the Fetal-Maternal Competition for Nutrients" (Pediatrics 67:146, 1981) is a timely and important contribution. One of the greatest strengths of the paper is that Dr Naeye considered factors other than maternal age that affect fetal growth: namely, maternal pregravid body weight for height, pregnancy weight gain, parity, and cigarette smoking. There are several comments that might be pertinent in considering these data as the debate still continues whether the very young adolescent (10 to 14 years of age) has a biologic predisposition to bear more low birth weight babies than older adolescents or adults or whether the increased incidence of low birth weight infants born to the very young adolescent reflects fewer prenatal visits and inadequate care and thus, with good care, might be eliminated.

Pengaruh Perawatan Metode Kanguru (PMK) terhadap Pencegahan Hipotermi pada Bayi Baru Lahir

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Parti ◽  
Sumiati Malik ◽  
Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Kangaroo Mother Care ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
P Value ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Before And After

Most causes of infant death are problems that occur in newborn/neonatal (0-28 days old), Low Birth Weight Babies (LBW) is one of the factors which has a contribution to infant mortality, especially in the neonatal period. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is a benchmark in determining the degree of public health, both at the National and Provincial levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Method (KMC) on the prevention of hypothermia in low birth weight infants at Morowali District Hospital in 2019. The type of research used was a quasi-experiment. The population is all low birth weight babies born from May to July 2019. The sample in this study was all newborns with low birth weight born from May to July 2019, totaling 30 babies. There is a difference (influence) on the baby's body temperature before and after KMC with a p-value=0,000. The kangaroo mother care can continue to be affiliated considering its benefits for both infants and mothers, as well as increasing the ability of health workers in conducting KMC so that they can provide in-house training for mothers to be carried out at home.

Letters to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-130
Author(s):  
Evelyn Lipper ◽  
Kwang-sun Lee ◽  
Lawrence M. Gartner ◽  
Bruce Grellong
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Small For Gestational Age ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Letters To The Editor

All of the infants entered into the study were low-birth-weight infants (<2,500 gm). The majority of infants had a gestational age less than 37 completed weeks, and, of these, some were also small for gestational age. Sixteen infants had a gestational age of ≥37 weeks but were included in the study because their birth weight was below the tenth percentile for their gestational age. We agree with Drs Knobloch and Malone's comment about the interrelationship of all three figures: as gastation advances, birth weight and head circumference increase.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Family Support and Self-Reliance Capital when Caring for Low Birth Weight Babies

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Erlina Suci Astuti ◽  
Nursalam Nursalam ◽  
Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ◽  
Risa Etika
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) infants are very susceptible to illness.LBW treatment with the principle of preventing infection is very important athome. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship betweenmaternal knowledge and family support with the prevention of infection at home.Methods: This study used a correlation design. The samples were 160 motherswho had low birth weight infants with inclusion criteria mothers give birth tobabies weighing less than 2,500 grams with ages 0-2 months. The samples wereobtained through purposive sampling. The dependent variable was the mother'sability to prevent infection while the independent variable was the mother'sknowledge and family support. The instruments used were questionnaires. Thisresearch analyzed using Spearman Rho.Results: The results showed that there was a strong correlation betweenknowledge and the ability to prevent infection in treating low birth weight (r =0.696; p = 0.00) and that there was a moderate correlation between familysupport and infection prevention ability when treating a low birth weight (r =0.54. p = 0.000).Conclusion: Factors of maternal knowledge about infection prevention andfamily support need to be considered in increasing the ability of mothers to carefor babies with LBW. The factor of maternal knowledge about prevention ofinfection has a strong correlation value when compared to family support factors.Further research is needed on the model of increasing maternal knowledge aboutLBW infants during home care. 

scholarly journals A Prospective Study on Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Teritiary Care Center

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
Mahaboob Basha Kallur ◽  
K. Muralidhar
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Retinopathy Of Prematurity ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Retinal Neovascularisation ◽  
Premature Babies ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vaso-proliferative retinopathy which occurs mostly in premature babies. The pathological change in ROP is peripheral retinal neovascularisation which may regress completely or leave sequelae from mild myopia to bilateral total blindness. International classification of ROP helped in uniform documentation and staging of ROP. In India, the incidence of ROP is between 38 and 51.9 p.c among low-birth-weight infants. Aim & Objectives: To estimate the incidence of ROP among premature and / or low birth weight babies who were born and admitted to neonatal intensive care unit and attending neonatal follow-up clinic.Subjects and Methods:A hospital based, prospective analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of Pediatrics at Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, Teaching hospital and research center, Hyderabad, Telangana for a period of 6 months from 1st October 2018 to 31st March 2019. Prior to the study initiation, ethical clearance was obtained and written consent was taken from the parents of the respective babies. The study subjects included premature babies (less than or equal to 35 weeks of gestation) or low birth weight babies (less than or equal to 1500 grams). A predesigned, pre-tested, semi-structured proforma was used to collected the data. The data was collected, entered in Microsoft excel-2013 and analyzed using SPSS version-22 (trial). Data was presented in percentages, proportions and figures.Result:The ROP incidence in the study group was reported among 17.1 p.c of the study subjects.Conclusion:Low birth weight and prematurity are important risk factors for ROP.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PERAWATAN METODE KANGURU TERHADAP PENINGKATAN SUHU TUBUH BAYI BERAT LAHIR RENDAH DI NICU RUMAH SAKIT GRANDMED LUBUK PAKAM TAHUN 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
Ika Nur Sapurtri ◽  
Dwi Handayani ◽  
Maharani Nazmi Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Kangaroo Care ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean

Babies with low birth weight have a temperature that is unstable and prone to hypothermia (temperature <36,5ºC). Cold stress can increase mortality and hamper growth. The warmth of the mother's body or a known method of kangaroo care proved to be an effective heat source for infants born at term or low birth weight. This study aims to determine whether there is influence kangaroo care method to your body temperature low birth weight infants. This type of research is pre experiment with models (one group pre-post test design). The population of this research is all low birth weight babies. Sampling techniques in use purposive sampling, that the sampling technique was based on sample criteria specified by the researchers themselves. In this case the samples found as many as 22 people. Data analysis using paired sample t-test with a level of 95%. The results of this study gained an average prior to 34.7 kangaroo care method, after doing kangaroo care method 36.9. The mean before and after kangaroo care method 2.2273. Based on the analysis results showed pvalue (0.004) <α (0.05), It can be concluded no treatment effect kangaroo method to your body temperature low birth weight infants. Recommendations from this research is the kangaroo care method can be used as one LBW care that can be done by the mothers in raising and maintaining body temperature.

Letters to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-550
Author(s):  
Richard L. Schreiner
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Enteral Feeding ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
The Past

We concur with Babson and Reynolds that the volume of feeding in the first few weeks of life in very low birth weight infants is probably an important factor in the etiology of lactobezoar formation. We would certainly agree with their policy of increasing the volume of enteral feeding very gradually, but we doubt that limiting the total volume to 150 to 160 ml/kg/day until nipple feedings are established will prevent lactobezoar formation since 13 of our 17 cases of infants with lactobezoars in the past three years were receiving less than 160 ml/kg/day.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Family Support and Self-Reliance Capital when Caring for Low Birth Weight Babies

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Erlina Suci Astuti ◽  
Nursalam Nursalam ◽  
Shrimarti Rukmini Devy ◽  
Risa Etika
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) infants are very susceptible to illness.LBW treatment with the principle of preventing infection is very important athome. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship betweenmaternal knowledge and family support with the prevention of infection at home.Methods: This study used a correlation design. The samples were 160 motherswho had low birth weight infants with inclusion criteria mothers give birth tobabies weighing less than 2,500 grams with ages 0-2 months. The samples wereobtained through purposive sampling. The dependent variable was the mother&#39;sability to prevent infection while the independent variable was the mother&#39;sknowledge and family support. The instruments used were questionnaires. Thisresearch analyzed using Spearman Rho.Results: The results showed that there was a strong correlation betweenknowledge and the ability to prevent infection in treating low birth weight (r =0.696; p = 0.00) and that there was a moderate correlation between familysupport and infection prevention ability when treating a low birth weight (r =0.54. p = 0.000).Conclusion: Factors of maternal knowledge about infection prevention andfamily support need to be considered in increasing the ability of mothers to carefor babies with LBW. The factor of maternal knowledge about prevention ofinfection has a strong correlation value when compared to family support factors.Further research is needed on the model of increasing maternal knowledge aboutLBW infants during home care. 

Does Phenobarbitone Prevent Periventricular Hemorrhage in Very Low-Birth-Weight Babies?: A Controlled Trial

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-189
Author(s):  
M. E. I. Morgan ◽  
R. F. Massey ◽  
R. W. I. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Neonatal Brain ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Periventricular Hemorrhage

The effect of prophylactic phenobarbitone in reducing periventricular hemorrhage was evaluated by a controlled trial in 60 very low-birth-weight infants. The incidence and severity of periventricular hemorrhage, as assessed by real-time ultrasound did not differ significantly between treated and untreated infants. Phenobarbitone may be less useful in preventing neonatal brain injury than previously suggested.

scholarly journals Study of factors affecting low birth weight of newborn in Uttar Pradesh, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2087
Author(s):  
Ambri Agarwal ◽  
Prashant Tomar
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies

Background: Low birth weight is defined as weight at birth is less than 2.5 kg. Low birth weight infants are at a greater risk of having a disability and survival and respiratory problems. To reduce the incidence of low birth weight babies we studied the maternal factors which affect the baby in utero and cause preterm or low birth weight babies.Methods: Eighty-two pregnant ladies aged between 16-30 years were studied who regularly visiting to obstetrics and gynecology department of G. S. medical college hospital, Peeplabandpur, Pilkahuwa, Uttar Pradesh, India were selected for study.Results: In this study, it was seen that mothers who were illiterate, belonging to lower socioeconomic status, multiparous and pregnancy associated with PIH, Anaemia and Oligohydramnios had high incidence of low birth weight babies.Conclusions: This pragmatic approach study of LBW will be quite helpful to obstetrics and gynecologist, pediatrician, physician to treat such patients actively to prevent morbidity and mortality of low birth newborn which is a great threat and challenge to the medical fraternity globally.

scholarly journals A study on efficacy of oral administration of colostrum fortified lactoferrin in the weight gain of low birth weight infants

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Raghul Jayaseelan ◽  
Chidambaranathan Sivaprakasam ◽  
Logesvar Palanisamy
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Reference Population ◽  
P Value ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Maternal Risk ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Length Gain

Background: Low birth weight babies is the result of being small for gestational age (i.e. under 10th percentile of the reference population) and preterm (i.e. before 37 weeks of gestation. Preterm infants have higher protein, calorie requirement, which cannot be met with unfortified breast milk feeds.Methods: This study was conducted prospectively in the Department of Pediatrics, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Chidambaram from October 2016 to April 2018. 20 low birth weight babies were selected by randomization technique and they were administered with 2 grams of oral colostrum fortified lactoferrin daily for 4 weeks. The rate of weight gain, length gain and head circumference gain were assessed prospectively for a period of 4 weeks. They were analysed statistically by ANOVA and tabulated. Babies weighing less than 2.5 kg and on exclusive breast feeding, were included. Babies more than 2.5kg and less than 1kg, at risk for neonatal sepsis, congenital heart disease, necrotizing enterocolitis were excluded from the study.Results: In the present study, 20 low birth weight babies were included. 11 maternal risk factors were identified. Out of which anemia stands as a single risk factor. The rate of weight gain in oral colostrum fortified lactoferrin, is 320 grams with P value of 0.703 which is not statistically significant. The rate of length gain is 3.3cm, p value is 0.093 which is statistically insignificant. The rate of head circumference gain in oral colostrum fortified lactoferrin is 2.8cm, with the p-value of 0.001 which is statistically significant.Conclusions: The rate of weight and length gain was normal, but the rate of head circumference gain is significantly increased in oral colostrum fortified lactoferrin supplementation.

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