Abstract

PEREZ REYNA, Mayelín; MORANDO FLORES, Dania; ARGILAGOS CASAZAYAS, Grisel  and  FERNANDEZ MORA, Juana. Nursing care to mothers of low-birth weight newborns. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.4. ISSN 1029-3019.

An intervention study was carried out in all the pregnants whose newborn had a low-birth weight, assisted at "Tamara Bunke Bider" Northern Maternal Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from September, 2005 to February, 2006, with the purpose of identifying the risk factors that resulted in the low birth weight, as well as making known the role played by the nursing staff in these cases. Mothers younger than 20 years, the unfavorable obstetric history and the maternal disease prevailed in the case material as favorable conditions for the preterm childbirth. The specialized nursing care decreased the occurrence of complications in the neonatal period.

Keywords : nursing care; pregnancy; low weight newborn; risk factors; preterm childbirth; obstetric risk; secondary health care.

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