Journals / Selçuk Tıp Dergisi / 2000 / Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 3
Babies with low birth weight (SGA) and their problems
- Journal
- Selçuk Tıp Dergisi
- Pages
- 183–187
- DOI
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Abstract
Risk factors and encountered problems during follow-up in babies with low birth weight (SGA) were investigated. 108 babies with SGA and who were followed by our pediatrics department were evaluated. 52cases were male (48.2%) and 56 cases were female (51.8%) .40.7% of all cases were premature and others (59.3%) were term babies. 53.7% of all cases were applied from the city center. Low socioeconomic level, mother's age lower than 18 years, and preeclampsia were the most frequent risk factors. Infections (32.4%) , asphyxia (25.9%), hypoglysemia (21.3%) and polycythemia (19.4%) were the frequent problems. Important causes for mortality were infections, congenital abnormalities, and asphxy.
Özet
Düsük dogum tartili (SGA) bebekler için risk faktörleri ve takipte karsilasilan sorunlar gözden geçirildi. Klinigimizde izlenen l08 SGA'li bebek degerlendirildi. Olgularin 52'si (%48.2) erkek, 56'si (%51.8) kizdi. Bebeklerin %40.7'si prematüre olup, digerleri term bebekti. Hastalarin %53.7'si sehir merkezinden müracaat edenlerdi. Düsük sosyoekonomik seviye, anne yasinin 18'in altinda olmasi ve preeklampsi en sik gözlenen risk faktörleriydi. Bu bebeklerin takibi sirasinda en çok karsilasilan sorunlar enfeksiyon (%32.4), asfiksi (%25.9), hipoglisemi (%21.3) ve polistemiydi (%19.4). Mortalitenin önde gelen nedenleri olarak enfeksiyon, konjenital anomali ve asfiksi saptandi.