Abstract

ROVER, Milene de Moraes Sedrez et al. Growth of very low birth weight preterm until 12 months of corrected age. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.3, pp. 351-356. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/JHGD.90228.

INTRODUCTION: facing the progressive increase in the survival of premature ta infants, a concern for health professionals would be related to the possible consequences arising from prematurity, among them the growth changes OBJECTIVES: to describe the anthropometric variables of newborns Premature Very Low Birth Weight in the follow-up monitoring METHODS: observational, longitudinal and retrospective study, involving 71 children who left Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with a weight lower than 1500 g who were treated between 2006 and 2013. They should have at least three outpatient visits within twelve months of corrected age after NCAU discharge, in the following periods: period I up to 3 months of corrected age; period II between 4-6 months of corrected age and period III between 7-12 months of corrected age RESULTS: the mean Gestational Age (GA) was 29.4 weeks, 51% male, birth weight 1073.2 g, 70% with appropriate GA. The hospitalization stay was 68.73 days. Weight Z score at birth -0.95; at discharge -3.05; in period I -2.4; period II -1.8; period III -1.2. Height at birth -1.21, at discharge -2.23; -2.5; -1.8 and -1.1 for the periods I, II and III , respectively. Regarding the PT Z score at birth -0.71; at discharge -1.5; and monitoring -1.1; -0.8 and -0.5 respectively in the periods I, II and III CONCLUSIONS: despite of the great Z score reduction in NICU, there was a progressive improvement during follow-up in the Z score in the three anthropometric variables

Keywords : growth; infant; premature; extra uterine growth retardation; low birth weight.

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