Risk factors of newborn hypotrophy general hospital of reference kindu maniema
Journal Title: INNOVATIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
The SGA refers to newborns weighing less than the 10th percentile for gestational age.The notion SGA refers to low birth weight for a pregnancy to term. It is a major public health problem because of its magnitude and its strong association with morbidity and mortality.He acted transverse analytical study conducted in 2012 at the maternity HGR Kindu. This study has identified 77 cases of SGA births recorded in 1450 on a frequency of 5.3%. This work confirms the close association between socio-economic factors (maternal age below 18 years and above 35 years primiparity and multiparity, the unemployed and farmer, the fact of living alone); obstetric factors ( Inter reproductive space, history of FPN and the low frequency of antenatal care) and clinical factors (size less than 150 cm, a MUAC less than 24 cm and pathologies during pregnancy) and SGA. L'SGA is a major public health problem and reflecting the pregnancy monitoring level in the middle and its prevention must consider all the risk factors identified in this study.
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Shindano Mwamba, Kabamba Nzaji, Luboya Numbi
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