Abstract

ARGOTA MATOS, Nolvis et al. Low birth weight indicators in the health area from "José Martí Pérez" Teaching Polyclinic during a five-year period. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.7, pp.1060-1064. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive study of the 252 underweight newborns belonging to the health area from "José Martí Pérez" Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the five year period 2007-2011, in order to characterize them and to determine how the low birth weight was shown in them. The variables: low birth weight indexes, birth weight, distribution and deaths according to their clinical forms, mortality of the newborn with weight lower than 2 000 g and their survival, causes of the preterm birth and medical indications were included. In the series the underweight index increased from 6.9 in 2007 to 7.1 in 2011. Delay intrauterine growth prevailed as clinical form, severe preeclampsia was the most frequent medical diagnosis and the highest number of deaths corresponded to the group with weight under 2 000 g. In the same way, an increment in the survival of these newborns was achieved, in direct relation to the ostensible improvement of the indicators in the period.

Keywords : newborn; low birth weight; under weight index; intrauterine growth; preterm birth; primary health care.

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