Abstract

LEMUS LAGO, Elia Rosa; LIMA ENRIQUEZ, Elba; BATISTA MOLINER, Ricardo  and  OCAMPO, Lorenzo de la Rosa. Bajo peso al nacer, crecimiento y desarrollo en el primer año de vida. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1997, vol.13, n.2, pp.150-158. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was conducted at the health area of the "19 de Abril" Teaching Polyclinic. 23 infants who were born in 1994 with a birth weight < 2 500 g were included in the sample. Their clinical evolution was followed during the first year of life. The data were obtained from the individual medical histories of the children and of the pregnant women. The following parameters were analyzed: weight, size, cephalic perimeter, nutritional assessment and psychomotor development. Low weight prevailed for the gestational age with 65.2 %, whereas 34.7 % corresponded to preterm deliveries. 100 % of the preterm infants had a normal nutritional assessment after the first year of life. However, 20 % of those with low weight at the gestational age remained under the third percentile.

Keywords : MESH: INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT [growth and development]; GESTATIONAL AGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE.