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 Low birth weight and its sociodemographic correlates: a descriptive study from medical college hospital, Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2851
Author(s):  
Dnyaneshwar Digole ◽  
A. S. Nagaonkar ◽  
Anant A. Takalkar
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Class V ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates ◽  
Agricultural Laborer ◽  
And Child Health

Background: Low birth weight is one of the most serious challenges in maternal and child health in both developed and developing countries. According to a UNICEF report about 28 per cent of babies born in India are low birth weight. Present hospital based study was undertaken to estimate the proportion of babies with low birth weight.Methods: The present hospital based descriptive study was conducted at Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Govt. Medical College and Hospital. The data collection was done during 1st March 2012 to 28th February 2013. All deliveries occurring on alternate days were included in the study which comes to, 1154 deliveries.Results: Out of total 1154 live full term new borns; 279 (24.18%) were low birth weight babies. The percentage of low birth weight babies was more in mothers from rural area 243 (27.46%). Highest percentage (45.33%) of low birth weight babies was seen in non agricultural laborer. Higher percentage of low birth weight babies (26.18%) was observed among mothers belonging to joint family. Highest percentage (28.61%) of low birth weight babies was observed in class V socioeconomic status.Conclusions: Baby birth weight has significant association with place of residence, mothers occupation, fathers occupation, socioeconomic status of family (p<0.05).

scholarly journals Low Birth Weight Babies Born to Mothers Admitted to Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Zebun Nessa ◽  
Iffat Zaman ◽  
Menoka Ferdous ◽  
Sumana Rahman ◽  
Debalina Das
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Medical College Hospital ◽  
Maternal Weight ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
New Born ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Gynecology And Obstetrics ◽  
Low Birth Weight Babies

Background: World health organization estimates that 25 million low birth weight (LBW) babies are born annually worldwide and 95% occur in developing countries. Low birth weight is a major public health problem of Bangladesh. So an attempt was made to study the incidence of low birth weight (<2.5kg) and also the associated risk factors of low birth weight among the new born babies born to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.Aims: To determine the Prevalence of low weight among the babies born and to determine the relationship of low birth weight with maternal factor like maternal weight, height, gestational period, antenatal checkup, heavy physical work during pregnancy, hypertension, age of the mother and parity, in Obs. & Gynae Department, DMCH.Method: This descriptive cross sectional study was done in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Five hundred (500) samples were selected for the study. The study was done from 1st January 2006 to 31 December 2006. Data processing and questionnaire are processed manually using scientific calculator and by computer using SPSS programmers version-16. All abortions, still born, gross congenital abnormalities were excluded from this study. The cut off point used for low birth weight is 2.5 kg.Results: A total of 500 women were interviewed. The incidence of low birth were found 21.6%. Younger than 20 yrs (31.25%) and more than 40 years (35.71%) mother delivered more low birth weight babies. The primigravida and multigravida (>4 parity) showed more low birth weight babies. Women from low socioeconomic condition produced significantly larger number of low birth weight babies as well as short stature. Low maternal height, less educated, illiterate, manual worker mother delivered more low birth weight babies. Preterm birth comprises larger number of low birth weight (LBW 35%). Low height of new born babies also associated with low birth weight. Female babies were higher than the male babies. Preterm babies were lighter (LBW) than the full term babies.Conclusion: The study finds out the incidence of low birth babies, the figure close to the developing countries. The study revealed that maternal age, gestational age, parity, socioeconomic status, maternal weight and disease condition have strong relations with birth weight of babies. Occupation and antenatal check up also affects birth weight of babies.J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, June 2018, Vol.10(1); 16-22

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.

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. 

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.

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.

MID-ARM CIRCUMFERENCE AT BIRTH AS PREDICTOR OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND NEONATAL MORTALITY

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
FARID UDDIN AHMED ◽  
ENAMUL KARIM ◽  
SYEDA NURJAHAN BHUIYAN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Neonatal Outcome ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Arm Circumference

In Bangladesh, like other developing countries, most births occur at home or in the community, so logistic problems and taboos prevent the weighing of every newborn child. This study was performed to see whether other simpler measurements could be substituted for weight to identify neonates of low birth weight. A total of 1676 live births at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital constituted the study sample, and this showed a high correlation between mid-arm circumference and birth weight (r=0.792, p<0·000). A mid-arm circumference of <9·0 cm had the best sensitivity and specificity for identifying newborns with a birth weight of less than 2500 g. These neonates were followed up to record neonatal deaths. Neonatal mortality showed an inverse relation with mid-arm circumference. A mid-arm circumference of <9·0 cm and a birth weight of <2500 g were equally useful in predicting neonatal outcome. Mid-arm circumference is a simple, quick and reliable indicator for predicting low birth weight and neonatal outcome, and can be easily measured by medical practitioners and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in the community of developing countries like Bangladesh.

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