LBW infants
The effects of kangaroo mother care on the time to breastfeeding initiation among preterm and LBW infants: a meta-analysis of published studies
... preterm infants is also related to better cognitive and motor development at six months of age ...and LBW infants who were given KMC spent less time in the hospital than those who were given standard ...
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Effects of Iron Supplementation of LBW Infants on Cognition and Behavior at 3 Years
... Included LBW infants were strati fi ed at 6 weeks of age for gender and study center and randomized to receive 1 of 3 doses of iron supplements (ferrous succinate drops) from 6 weeks to 6 months of age: 0 ...
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Effects of recruiting midwives into family physician program on the per-centage of low birth weight (LBW) infants in rural areas of Kurdistan
... participated in St. Louis program, compared with matched and unmatched groups, had lower rates of preterm and LBW infants (38). A study conducted by Vogel and Ackerman showed that increasing number of ...
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PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS AMONG POST-NATAL MOTHERS HAVING LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (LBW) INFANTS
... The infant admitted in hospital especially the infant is premature, the normal parental process and the mental preparation of parenthood are interrupted (Bracht et al., 1998).Socio-economic deprivation has an effect on ...
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Effect of prolonged oil massage on growth velocity in LBW infants: Comparison of Coconut oil vs Sunflower seed oil vs No oil: Randomized controlled trial
... and massage using different types of oil like Sunflower seed oil, Coconut oil, Mustard oil, Sesame oil and mineral oil. Topical application of vegetable oil results in transcutaneous absorption which influences fatty ...
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Comparison of motor development of low birth weight (LBW) infants with and without using mechanical ventilation and normal birth weight infants
... Marter et al. (19) in 2011, and Thomas et al. (20) determined whether MV’s effect on ND is a result of its relationship to BPD and other associated neonatal co morbidi- ties, or whether MV alone is an independ- ent risk ...
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Investigating Risk Factors for Low-Birth-Weight Infants Born to Mothers Referring to Community Health Centers in the City of Yazd
... Iran, infants constitute the most common age group affected with child mortality (14) , and 50% of these cases are due to LBW (9) ...that LBW infant mortality and those weighing less than 1500 g ...
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Accuracy of Echocardiography in Low Birth Weight Infants With Congenital Heart Disease
... and LBW infants pose a challenge to echocardiography as a result of restricted acoustic windows and/or cardio- respiratory ...sedate LBW infants, potentially further limiting their stud- ...
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Perinatal outcomes associated with low birth weight in a historical cohort
... in LBW infants. Interestingly, LBW exposed infants seemed to be protected against meconium stained amniotic fluid, which was confirmed by the multiple regression ...these LBW babies, ...
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Home Visiting and Outcomes of Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
... We identi fi ed 17 individual studies published in the literature since 1980 that evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting for preterm infants and their parents. As with much of the literature on home visiting, ...
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Meconium obstruction in absence of cystic fibrosis in low birth weight infants: an emerging challenge from increasing survival
... immature infants with MRI and ...Among LBW only 7 infants out of 25 (28%) passed some smears of meconium before developing a significant abdominal distension and bilious emesis, unresponsive to ...
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Maternal Thyroid Disease and Neonatal Low Birth Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
... Data were extracted from each selected study on maternal thyroid disease (overt and subclinical hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism) were defined as factors and the outcome of interest was LBW infants. ...
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Profile of Neonatal Jaundice in Low Birth Weight Infants- Comparison between AGA and SGA Subgroups
... newborn infants 35 weeks or ...(SGA) infants make up to two thirds of these LBW babies in India unlike the industrialized countries where most of the LBW infants or preterm but not ...
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The Correlation between Mothers with Low Birth Weight History and Body Mass Index Leptin Levels, and Preeclampsia
... that LBW infants are impaired growth in the womb leading to birth weight < 2500 gram ...in LBW group numbers continue to rise ...of LBW to low birth weight infant morbidity and mortality is ...
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Association between birth weight and neurodevelopment at age 1–6 months: results from the Wuhan Healthy Baby Cohort
... of LBW infants is significantly lower than NBW and macrosomia infants, while there was no significance between NBW and macrosomia infants in all neurological ...between LBW and DQ in ...
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Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States
... were LBW and 17% were very LBW ( ⬍ 1500 g) and averaged $20 600 and $52 300, ...respectively. LBW discharges ac- counted for 90% ...remaining infants represent a wide range of conditions and ...
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Promoting factors of physical and mental development in early infancy: a comparison of preterm delivery/low birth weight infants and term infants
... 9-month-old infants, which is a relatively late phase of development; consequently, the study did not distinguish between term infants and preterm or low birth weight (LBW) ...term infants, ...
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Pediatric Parenteral Amino Acid Mixture in Low Birth Weight Infants
... The minimally higher mean plasma phenylala- nine concentration of LBW infants compared with older infants and children receiving the same par- enteral amino acid mixture’ and the minimal[r] ...
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Early Intervention in Low Birth Weight Premature Infants: Results at 18 Years of Age for the Infant Health and Development Program
... Infants in both arms of the study received periodic medical, developmental, and social service assessments with referral for community services when indicated. Those in the INT group received an educational ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5416820.pdf
... conclusion, LBW is a critical public-health indicator that reflects overall maternal health and nutritional status and access to quality prenatal ...recurrent LBW and adverse perinatal outcomes, including ...
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