Abstract

CORONEL CARBAJAL, Carlos. Estado de salud en los niños lactados por más de 4 meses. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2000, vol.72, n.4, pp. 275-280. ISSN 1561-3119.

164 children, who were divided into 2 groups, took part in a retrospective study that was conducted at "Armando Enrique Cardoso" General Teaching Hospital. Group A was composed of 88 children that had been breast-fed for more than 4 months. 76 patients, who had been breast-fed for less than 4 months, were included in group B. The objective of this paper was to know the influence of exclusive breast feeding on the health status of these children during the first year of life. On concluding the study, it was found that the average of respiratory infections, diarrheic episodes and urinary infections was 4.0, 1.4 and 0.9 per patient in group A, whereas in group B it was 6.0, 3.0 and 1.6. It was also observed that 78.4% of the children in group A reached 1 year of age with a nutritional state between 25 and 90 P and that only 53.3% of the group B did so. 80.7% of the children in group B that reached 1 year of age had a hemoglobin over 100g/L 52.6% of the children in group B were under 100g/L.

Keywords : BREAST FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; INFANT; WEANING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE.

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