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Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research



    A hospital based prospective study to assess association between birth weight and maternal risk factors


    Dr. Seema Meena, Dr. Rajendra Kumar Soni, Dr. Neha Sharma, Dr. Bindu
    JCDR. 2023: 3914-3924

    Abstract

    Hence this study was conducted to study the morbidity and mortality rates in in born babies weighing less than 1500gm (ELBW and VLBW)admitted in NICU and to define the associated maternal risk factors. Mortality in both VLBW and ELBW group is still high. There is much variation in survival between developed countries and low income countries like India. Maximum numbers of deaths occur in the early neonatal period in this sub group. If they do not receive proper treatment than it negatively affects their families and their countries economically and mentally for the rest of their lives. Methodology: This Hospital based prospective study was conducted on very low birth weight newborns, born at S.P. Medical College and P.B.M. Associated Group of Hospitals during period of 6 months after analyzing inclusion and exclusion criteria and with the help of consecutive sampling, the questionnaire was administered for the study objects by the researcher. Results: Among the study population ,72.8% babies had associated maternal risk factors. In our study maternal risk factors had statistically significant association with ELBW babies as compared to VLBW babies. Out of all maternal risk factors, three most commonest maternal risk factors were primiparity ,UTI and PROM. Among all the neonatal morbidities observed in our study ,the most common morbidity was RDS followed by sepsis, jaundice, PDA ,PVL ,NEC ,IVH and pulmonary haemorrhage .

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    Volume 14 Issue 1

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