Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines preterm birth as any birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation. Preterm birth is further classified as extremely preterm (<28 weeks), very preterm (28 to <32 weeks) and moderate (32 to <34 weeks) to late preterm (34 to <37 weeks). Advances in neonatal care have greatly increased the chances of survival of even the smallest babies. A significant impact of survival of these preterm babies is seen as growth faltering. VLBW babies are particularly vulnerable to these adverse outcomes. Assess nutritional outcomes of preterm babies in form of weight, height, MUAC, HC post discharge at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of corrected gestational age. Prospective Observational hospital based Cohort time bound study. We had randomly selected two groups, preterm SGA babies and preterm AGA babies. They were called for follow up 3 monthly till 1 year of age. Total 70 patients are included in this study. Mean weight gain in all preterm newborn during follow up at 3, 6,9,12 months of age was 11.6, 13.3, 12.6, 13.5 g day-1, respectively. Mean increase in length of all preterm infants at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of follow up was 0.9, 0.5, 0.2 and 0.16 cm week-1 respectively. Mean head circumference values at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months was 35.9, 40, 41.5 and 43.4 cm, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference observed in WAZ and LAZ score between SGA/AGA infants but statistically significant difference (p<0.001) was observed in WLZ score at the end of 1 year of follow up.
How to cite this article:
Soyeb Azizkhan Pathan, Ritesh N. Parmar and Nimisha Pandya. Nutritional Outcomes of Preterm Babies Post Discharge over 12 Months Follow up.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.8.121.125
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